I went to the Stop the hate/Hate crime laws session on September 29 and had Valerie Wetzel as the instructor. I learned that a bias incident is where a bias is present, however there is no crime committed. I learned that a hate crime is a crime, violent or property related, motivated by prejudice or intolerance toward a member of gender, racial, religious, or social group. There are five states that don’t have hate crime laws them being Michigan, Wyoming, South Carolina, Georgia and Arizona. Federal Hate Crime Laws are also called “Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr Hate crimes Prevention Act”. I learned about all the different rules regarding hate crimes in Wisconsin. There is different classes for a felony. One thing I would have liked to
