Finally The Feds Are Taking Some Asian American Crime A Little More Seriously (Because They're Offering A Payout)

Listen.

I don't give a shit what you say - but when you start offering cash for figuring out a crime that means a few things - including the fact that you're sick and tired of the perps you're going after for whom you've put some money on.

And to me - hey - that's a good thing.

Especially seeing as it's 11 crimes in 11 weeks all targeting the Asian American community.

Boners, Hate Crimes, And The 146

While the House voted to expand what is and what isn't a violent Hate Crime to include sexual orientation extending protection to the LGBT community, tugs of war like this always make me wonder about the people that vote "no".

Like this guy.

Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio.

Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio, the House Republican leader, called the legislation radical social policy.

“The idea that we’re going to pass a law that’s going to add further charges to someone based on what they may have been thinking, I think is wrong,” Mr. Boehner said.

I'm just going to ask one itty bitty question.

Can I get a Voluntary Manslaughter up in this MF?

SoCal And Hate Crimes

I was reading this article down at the San Jose Mercury News and it begs the question of what needs to be done in order for a crime to be called a hate crime which I've asked before:

Investigators found white supremacist literature and hand-drawn swastikas among the possessions of a 14-year-old boy charged with murder in the fatal shooting of his gay classmate, court records showed.

Senior Deputy District Attorney Maeve Fox wrote in the court filing that the items found in Brandon McInerney's room constituted a "trove of white supremacy-related" items that "depict racist skinhead philosophy."

McInerney, who is being tried as an adult, is also charged with committing a hate crime in the Feb. 12 shooting of 15-year-old Larry King at their junior high school in Oxnard.

I know kids aren't always in the right mind and in that way I think people can deserve a second chance - but to fix the problem, you really do need to know what caused the problem, and this kid will never be able to fixed (and he definitely needs it) until people can realize that it was a hate crime - what else do they need?

At the same time, I just loved the lawyer who added that his client's best friends at school were people of color - yeah - like that makes a difference - it doesn't (and I wonder how many of his "friends" are really his friends).

Seattle man targets Asian women at bus stops

News outlets are reporting on a man who is targeting Asian woman at bus stops groping and attacking them in South Seattle. According to news sources 14 women have now been attacked (at least those who have come forward as police suspect that there have been more victims who have not come forward) - and the attacks are getting more violent and more frequent. Unfortunately they don't have any real good descriptions of the perp at this time - but are hopeful that they will catch the person soon as more deputies are being added to the transit lines.

A response to Hate Crimes against white people, subtle bias, and statistics

In a recent post, Vietnamese fisherman’s death labeled a hate-crime by Asian-Americans, but not by authorities - a reader Larry commented:

An old friend of mine was a victim of a hate crime in Chicago too. He was beaten by gangbangers who kept calling him “whiteboy” and “cracker”. Now he has permanent brain damage. No hate crime charges were filed though, and last I heard all of the perpetrators did less than a year in jail. Go figure.

A few things about the comment

Notice the “Go Figure”?

Those two simple words slant the whole comment where it not just becomes a statement about hate crime law and an injustice that has taken place - but a comment as in - “See what those people can get away with?” where it seems as if all people of color are getting lumped into the “gangbanger” persona and by association are criminal - at the same time implying that hate crimes against white people don’t and won’t get prosecuted, trying to encourage sympathy - but doing so by trying to pit whites against people of color through negative stereotyping.

Such a seemingly simple statement - unless defused and analyzed - can easily be used as a springboard for much more direct and racist speech and doctrines (even if the statement wasn’t intended to be a springboard for more direct and racist speech - simply because it has racial bias built into it).

Some facts about Hate Crimes in the U.S.

Hate crimes against whites do exist and are prosecuted - as they should be.

According to the FBI’s Hate Crime statistics there were 828 incidents, 935 offenses, 975 victims and 963 known offenders for Hate Crimes that were committed because of anti-white sentiment (this does not include victims who were involved in a hate crime where the bias for the crime was something other than race, like gender or religion, and who were also white as well).

Go to the full statistics for the 2005 Hate Crimes at the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s site.