Discussion: NYTimes: Charleston Shooter Likely To Face Federal Hate-Crime Charges

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Really working the crystal ball overtime, eh NYT?

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Unlike other states, South Carolina does not have a state hate-crime law…

Ah do declare! Who would have thought a modern, forward looking state like South Carolina would not have hate crime legislation?

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I want to know what Roof is thinking, seeing white people outraged at him and black people forgiving him. It doesn’t look like a race war to me.

If his ideology almost shook in an hour, I can only wonder how fractured it is now.

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With nine first degree murder charges, I think Federal hate crime charges are the last thing this thug will have to worry about.

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But not the rest of those ignorant people out there filled with hate of the “other”…

whoever that is in their little world.

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A big “duh” to this one. Obviously a Hate Crime, not like many on the media calling for it to be a “Terror Attack”, which is not likely and takes away from the true motivation. Racial hatred. Period. The professionals like Lynch and Comey know a lot more than the media talking heads. Anyone reading his manifesto can see he was not attacking US policy (like Al Qaeda or McVeigh types), he was attacking race, almost all of it anti-black.

Plus as noted SC does not have Hate Crime Laws, so if the Feds don’t press this as a Hate Crime, it won’t be recorded as such for statistical purposes. It’s very important historically and statistically for this to be recorded as a Hate Crime.

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Indeed, but it’s important that it gets documented as a Hate Crime, and SC does not have such Laws. So the Feds need to do this formally. Plus if there were any kind of mistrial, they can still go after him.

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This little skinny macaroni dude should be facing the death penalty and I am not an advocate for capital punishment, but in this case, I truly believe he should be put to death to deter others from following in his dumb ass footsteps!

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What will deter others of his ilk is that his ‘plan’ backfired and has brought the races closer together and isolated those who claimed to think like he does.

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Oh no, now he’ll have the dread of 10-20 years added to his 9 consecutive life sentences…assuming SC doesn’t give him The Chair.

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Actually, it’s the potential for 9 additional consecutive life sentences since hate crimes resulting in death can be punished by imprisonment for life.

18 U.S. Code § 249 - Hate crime acts

(1) Offenses involving actual or perceived race, color, religion, or national origin.— Whoever, whether or not acting under color of law, willfully causes bodily injury to any person or, through the use of fire, a firearm, a dangerous weapon, or an explosive or incendiary device, attempts to cause bodily injury to any person, because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, or national origin of any person—
(A) shall be imprisoned not more than 10 years, fined in accordance with this title, or both; and
(B) shall be imprisoned for any term of years or for life, fined in accordance with this title, or both, if—
(i) death results from the offense; or
(ii) the offense includes kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill.

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YES! You are absolutely correct! Just a few days ago the SC Senate voted to take the flag and pole down that is now erected on the state capital and the lower chamber is about to make the same decision!