Hate crimes soar after bombings

[snaw]

They're both heinous crimes LB. One is obviously more newsworthy and shocking than the other cause there is an unprovoked racially motivated attack involving a footballers brother, a white girlfriend and a guy trying to get away. That sells papers or get's viewers.

The other involves a drunken nighttime incident where someone confronts a nutjob and get's stabbed. Terrible, yes. Unusual, unfortunately not as it happens all the time. Guaranteed to sell thousands of more newspapers, probably not.

Bugger, just repeating what's already been said. <edit>

[Mailman]

I think you're missing the point, Snaw.

Why is one murder seemingly more heinous than the other? Both were vicious unprovoked attacks. One gets saturation news coverage, the other barely a mention.

Maybe it is because racist murders are more heinous? I don't subscribe to that view, but some clearly do.

Its the same reason why we only see stories from the London attacks that involve the pretty people (like that Sahara Islam chick).

Mailman

[Crazyhorse]

Most were verbal abuse or minor assaults, but also include damage to property, including mosques and have a great "emotional impact", police said

So is saying "Americans are evil imperialist b*ds" also a hate crime?

[SupremeSpod]

Most were verbal abuse or minor assaults, but also include damage to property, including mosques and have a great "emotional impact", police said

So is saying "Americans are evil imperialist b*ds" also a hate crime?

Only if you is not black, init?

[Lucifer Box]

expecially important (for the papers) one of the suspects having links to someone "famous"

Who's that then? That one passed me by!

[SupremeSpod]

Who's that then? That one passed me by!

One of the assailants is a brother(half?) of a Man City Footballer.

[Mailman]

Most were verbal abuse or minor assaults, but also include damage to property, including mosques and have a great "emotional impact", police said

So is saying "Americans are evil imperialist b*ds" also a hate crime?

No because its the in thing to insult americans. However...as soon as you insult an ayerab you are considered a racist!

Mailman

[cojak]

intolerance is everywhere

Even in Framley

sigh...

[BlasterBates]

No because its the in thing to insult americans

Americans are multi-racial so it isn't racist.