The Hate Crimes Bill: How Not to Remember Matthew Shepard

http://www.counterpunch.org/cockburn06262009.html
Date Written:  2009-06-26
Publisher:  CounterPunch
Year Published:  2009
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX8930

The problem with the Hate Crimes Prevention Act is that it creates a thought crime and also categories of crime victims for disparate treatment. Goodbye to equality under the law.

Subject Headings

• Hate Crimes
• Hate Speech