Landlord charged with hate crime, accused of stabbing 6-year-old tenant to death allegedly because family is Muslim
Landlord charged with hate crime, accused of stabbing 6-year-old tenant to death allegedly because family is Muslim
A Chicago-area landlord has been arrested and charged with murder and hate crimes after authorities said he stabbed and killed a 6-year-old boy and seriously wounded his mother, allegedly because the tenants are Muslim.
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Wtf is hate crime? This is murder, not a posting on Xitter.
EDIT: Got it. Just in my country murder based on "political, ideological, racial or religious hate or enmity to some group" counts as worse murder, not as two separate crimes.
I'll save you some time and give you the definition by merriam webster:
any of various crimes (such as assault or defacement of property) when motivated by hostility to the victim as a member of a group (such as one based on color, creed, gender, or sexual orientation)
It's murder (a crime) with racism as the main motivator.
Just gonna pop in for a moment. Murder has its own charges. A hate crime, in this case, will tack on additional charges. Potentially keep them from harming their community for longer.
Of course jail is privatized and the perpetrator will no doubt be abused, either by guards or inmates.
The American penal system is flawed to its core, but societies do have a need to house harmful individuals. Where that line is is up for debate by better minds than mine.
Hate crime (not hate speech) is an aggravating circumstance to a given crime (in this case, murder) that in many places carries a harsher sentence.
That this is a murder is obvious. That this may be part of some "retaliation" against Muslims is what makes this world news (though not in the Reddit/Lemmy sense).
Ah.
A hate crime is a crime that specifically targets a member of a protected class due to their membership in a protected class. It warrants additional punishment since it may make members of the protected class more hesitant to participate in civil society (for example, after hearing about this murder, a Muslim parent might be afraid to let their child go to a friend's house).