Hate crime

Mayor de Blasio Orders NYPD to Pay People Home Visits for ‘Hurtful’ Comments

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de BlasioNiamh Harris – Far-left New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has ordered NYPD officers to pay people home visits if they engage in “hurtful” behavior towards others – even if the action isn’t criminal.

Yes, really.

“Even if something is not a criminal case, a perpetrator being confronted by the city, whether it’s NYPD or another agency, and being told that what they’ve done was very hurtful to another person — and could, if ever repeated, lead to criminal charges — that’s another important piece of the puzzle,” de Blasio breathlessly told reporters. Continue reading →

Rep. Lee: Shooting Of Black Child By Black Suspects Is Still Hate Crime Because It Was Hateful

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hate crimeJonathan Turley – A second suspect has been arrested in the shooting of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes in Houston Texas. Larry Woodruffe was arrested in the drive-by shooting after the earlier arrest of Eric Black, Jr., 20.

Barnes was shot and killed on Dec. 30, while riding in a car with her mother and three siblings. She died at the scene and her mother, LaPorsha Washington, and her 6-year-old sister were both injured. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D., Tx) previously called the shooting a hate crime when the suspect was alleged to be white. Now, however, Lee still insists that this should be prosecuted as a hate crime despite the fact that the two suspects are both African American.

Lee insisted that it was “absolutely not” irresponsible for her to label the crime as a hate crime so early in the investigation. The day following the shooting, Lee declared “do not be afraid to call this what it seems to be — a hate crime.” She was not alone. Barnes’ family lawyer, Lee Merritt, insisted that “we do believe that it [the murder] was racially motivated in part because our nation at this moment is highly racially charged.” Continue reading →