Finally! Hate Crime Charges for "Knockout Game"

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"Investigators retrieved other videos from Barrett's phone, including some in which he uses racial epithets and talks about trying to work up the courage to play the knockout game,"
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Were the investigators black?
 
Quote from stevegee58:

Meh. Hate crimes as separate offenses make no sense.

Was someone assaulted and beaten? Yes. That's a crime. Send the guy to prison for it. Why must we complicate things so much?
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More of this liberal crap for you. People will applaud the system for this because they buy into the doctrine of victimization towards blacks but when blacks were doing this to other races, it was cool. What a shame.
 
Quote from stevegee58:

Meh. Hate crimes as separate offenses make no sense.

Was someone assaulted and beaten? Yes. That's a crime. Send the guy to prison for it. Why must we complicate things so much?
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It gives the Feds a chance at prosecution when they don't get a conviction at the state level
 
Quote from Wallet:

It gives the Feds a chance at prosecution when they don't get a conviction at the state level
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There is no Federal role in offenses at the local level. It's unconstitutional overreaching of federal authority.
 
Quote from stevegee58:

There is no Federal role in offenses at the local level. It's unconstitutional overreaching of federal authority.
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Not to bring up a sore subject, but when Zimmerman was found not guilty, Holder started investigations to see if he could be brought up on a "Hate Crimes" charge, showing that the Feds see it as a separate offense, circumventing double jeopardy.
 
Quote from stevegee58:

There is no Federal role in offenses at the local level. It's unconstitutional overreaching of federal authority.
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There was a time when you were correct. Then Obama got elected...
 
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