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hate crime n (Law) a crime, esp of violence, in which the victim is targeted because of his or her race, religion, sexuality, etc How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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THE nine black teen girls and one boy who are charged with a racially motivated hate crime against whites in Long Beach have made a sort of perverse history: It's one of the rare times that underage blacks have landed in a court docket for hateful attacks against whites. In the Uniform Crime Reporting Program, the victim of a hate crime may be an individual, a business, an institution, or society as a whole. In response to mounting national concern over crimes motivated by bias, Congress enacted the Hate Crime Statistics Act of 1990. |
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