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Hate crimes are something that are carried out on a daily basis, and have been all throughout our history, even though the term “hate crime” was not established until the 1980s (The Federal Bureau of Investigation). Historically this has included bias crimes against Blacks, Jews, Native Americans and essentially every new immigrant group that has entered the United States in mass numbers. It is something that has no boarders and is happening all over the world. Hate crimes, are “acts of bigotry…

Have the targeted victims of hate crimes in the United States changed overtime and how is this addressed legally? 784 groups in the United States depend on the protection of free speech to assemble and practice their bigoted ideals. However, when these ideals manifest as criminal acts they’re called hate crimes. Hate Crimes are outlawed by federal law which has been semi-recently revised to expand its protections. Although under the 1st Amendment hate groups have the right to congregate, some…

On October 7, 1998, Matthew Shepard, a gay 21-year-old college student, was abducted by two men who took him to a remote area, tied him to a fence, severely beat him with the butt of a pistol, and left him to die in the cold of the night. Matthew Shepard’s death became one of the most notorious anti-gay hate crimes in America, and 18 years later, it wasn’t the last. June 12, 2016 brought upon a new era of anti-gay hate crimes when 49 people were killed and 53 were injured in the Orlando night…

The frequency of hate crimes has risen over the past two years drastically, in not only the United States, but all over the world. Daily, we see news articles and broadcasts about gun violence, murders, and suspected hate crimes, so much so that people merely shrug it off if the person(s) who died or injured were not close to them. The New York Times printed an article by Elisabetta Povoledo on February 3, 2018 about a suspected hate crime in Rome, Italy. The article outlines the scene of the…

As many know, it was found that the Doctor, Larry Nassar was found guilty of sexual assault. Larry Nassar was the former Olympic Gymnastics Doctor. Most of the patients he abused were Olympic gymnasts. More than 100 women have claimed that they too, were sexually assaulted by Doctor Larry Nassar. He worked with the US Olympic women's gymnastics team for over two decades. Larry is now facing up to 40 to 175 years in prison. He will now live the rest of his life behind bars, which is greatly…

In 1984, Jennifer Thompson, a collage student lived in Burlington, North Carolina, was brutally raped on July.29. When telling others about her experience as a rape victim, she mentioned that she was at home that night with her boyfriend. After her boy friend left, she fell asleep. Around 3 am that day, she was awakened by a stranger who stood beside her bed. The man held a knife pointed to her throat, and committed the crime. Unlike other women who tried to fight against the criminal, she said…

Jessica Scott Mr. Malgeri Forensic Science September 28, 2016 Ronald Cotton It started in July 1984, when a attacker broke into Jennifer Thompson-Cannino's apartment and sexually assaulted her while she was held at knife point. Jennifer stated that when it was happening she just wanted to memorize his face so that if she lived through the horrible crime she would be able to identify him. Later on, Jennifer chose Ronald Cotton, a black restaurant dish washer, out of a photo lineup as the…

Hate crimes are inflicted on minority groups, different religions and cultures, and race. There have been many hate crimes against Muslims. According to Human Rights Watch, crimes against Muslims have rose drastically. It hurts me to see that are are people in the world that believe violence against people is okay. There are people who are brainwashed into believing that an entire religion condones terrorism. These beliefs are caused by social media and others who feed incorrect information to…

Among undergraduate women “23.1%” of them report to have experienced rape and/or sexual assault (Campus). Those are only the individuals who actually report their assault. Imagine the amount of people who have not spoken up out of fear or embarrassment. Sexual assault has been an issue in many colleges over the past few years, yet no one has come out to do something about it. Women should be able to feel safe and be able to receive their education fear free. To help with this issue I think…

needed. The victim is given information for therapists but often times talking about it with a stranger makes a victim feel like they are reliving the assault. Blame is sometimes placed on the victim as well. Did the person end up somewhere she or he should not have been? Did a victim dress inappropriately? Did the victim somehow ask for the assault? Ironically, there are many victims who do not report because of these reasons. The fear and embarrassment is too much for them to bare. In…