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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWill Likely See A Large Rise In Hate Crime That The New AG Will Ignore.
Some of the most outrageous hate crimes of the past may return under this new regime. And we know what some of those crimes were. The new normal of open racism and bigotry will be hard to suppress.
ailsagirl
(22,896 posts)800 incidents at last count
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)I fully expect for "hate crimes" to no longer be prosecuted as such and expect the category of crime designated as "hate crimes" to be completely dissolved
The report only includes those incidents the center was made aware of and doesn't include some others that have been reported to local authorities or state officials. The director of the state Department of Civil Rights has said their department saw a huge spike in reported hate crimes in the 10 days after the election,
http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/12/01/michigan-bias-crimes-midwest-election/94744196/
J_William_Ryan
(1,753 posts)Civil rights violators will do so with impunity.
brush
(53,778 posts)And local authorities will follow their lead and continue not to bring charges either.
Which will probably spark more retaliatory shooting of cops like what happened in Dallas.
GWC58
(2,678 posts)but he'll go after those degenerate, dispicable marijuana users. He did say "good people don't smoke marijuana." And Trump said the Phillpines president is "doing it the right way" concerning drug users. 😱😩😫