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Heather Heyer's Death is Not a Hate Crime

trouble13 said:
Has the driver made any statement yet?

From a legal standpoint the driver may be completely within his legal right to run her over as she is guilty of jay walking.

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And this is what is curious. There has been NOTHING released about him or his motivation. He has been labled a terrorist but there has been no manifesto or social media or previous statements or computer evidence or anything to indicate that. Nothing about what he claims to have happened that day. A couple of vague witness statements and a video that doesn't show what happened before he started down the street and is going to require forensic examination to determine what it really shows.
 
Aristaeus said:
They had a permit to protest, so nothing illegal about it.
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so the comment I made was NOT about Va but some states who are making it a non-billable issue if you run into protestors who are ILLEGALLY blocking the ROW.
 
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Several states have proposed laws stating that if a driver "accidentally runs over a protestor/demonstrator" no charges will be brought up against him or her.
Not relevant to this situation, where he deliberately drove into a crowd at high speed.

Aristaeus said:
Not relevant to this situation, where he deliberately drove into a crowd at high speed.
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Key word: "accidentally." That's a wink and a nod to NC and TX.
 
notquiteright said:
Mostly because you just post drivel and then deflect, spin and dance around the real issue.

Fact, it is FAR better to label the white supremacists and or Nazis as terrorists than one off this as a hate crime.

Fact, she wasn't murdered because of her race.

Fact, she wasn't killed because of her religion.

Fact, her right to protest is protected but political protesters are not a protected class.

Fact, one race killing another of that same race isn't defined as a hate crime. If that were so damn near every murder would be a hate crime...

Fact, your attempt to spin this in a yet another pointless, illogical direction is a fail.... :peace
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Which illustrates the utter folly of hate crime legislation. Is Heather Heyer any less dead? :roll:
 
countryboy said:
Which illustrates the utter folly of hate crime legislation. Is Heather Heyer any less dead?
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False argument, the same reasoning is used against the death penalty- is the victim any less dead?

Hate crime laws do ad a charge that helps keep the really foul racists/bigots among us longer off the streets which every good right winger should applaud... :peace
 
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