1.
The total population covered: 286,010,550
The total number of agencies submitting
reports: 1,944
The total number of incidents reported:
6,222
2. Oklahoma
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Covered
under state law: Bias-Motivated Violence and Intimidation. Civil actions
such as race, religion, ethnicity, and disability. Also, institutional
Vandalism and Data Collection.
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Covers damage to real or person property of
another because of that person's race, color, religion, ancestry, national
origin, or disability.
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Prohibits assault, battery, or threats toward
another because of that person's race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin,
or disability. Also covers damage to property of another because of that
person's race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, or disability.
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Covers willful injury to any house of worship
or any part thereof, or property therein.
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Not
covered under state law: Civil
actions such as sexual Orientation
and gender. Also, Training for Law Enforcement Personnel.
3. Oklahoma
It is unlawful to harass, threaten, intimidate, or assault a
person based on race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, or
disability. It is also unlawful to destroy or vandalize any real or personal
property of a person based on the above reasons. Institutional vandalism is
unlawful and is considered a felony in this state. Institutional vandalism means defacing items
like books, buildings, furniture, or even instruments. Also, The Oklahoma State Bureau must report
hate crimes and develop agencies that report the hate crimes. Law enforcement training for hate crimes is
not required for policemen.
Oklahoma defines
hate crimes as: to maliciously harass, threaten, or intimidate based on
someone’s race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, or disability. Also
maliciously destroying, defacing, damaging, or vandalizing any real or personal
item of someone’s because of on race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin,
or disability.
4. HATE CRIME SUSPECTED AFTER GAY MAN BURNED
BY FIREBOMBING IN OKLAHOMA
A guy name Jon Ferguson woke up on a Saturday
morning to his car being vandalized by to guys that were homophobic. Both guys
were in the process of lighting his car on fire and before Jon could run back
into his house to safety he had already suffered burns. When he had arrived at
the hospital the doctors told him he suffered first and second degree burns. He
was also told that fag was spray painted on his car. Jon told the police that
he didn’t get a good look at the guys because they had masks on and they had run
off. The police did not take this incident as a hate crime because sexual
orientation is not covered under the hate crimes law and Oklahoma does not
fully accept the LGBT community. So the
police reported the incident as arson and they are still looking into the
incident, even though they still have not found the perpetrators. The victim is
thinking about resuming his life as a heterosexual male instead of a
homosexual, in order to avoid hate crimes because he believes the Oklahoma law
enforcement will not protect him.
5. WHITE VICTIMIZATION IN AMERICA (MEDIA)
A.
The video explains how current president Barack
Obama signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crime Prevention Act.
Conceived as a response to the
murders of Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., the measure expands the 1969 United States federal hate-crime
law to include crimes motivated by a victim's actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender
identity, or disability.
B. In
the video a white couple was murdered in Knoxville, Tennessee by five blacks.
The crime was malicious and hateful. Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom (the couple) were kidnapped,
tortured/ rapped and later killed. Channon was only 21 and Christopher was only
23 at the time of their death. They were rapped and dumped Newsom’s body at the
railroad tracks. They also left his body in flames at the tracks. After raping
and torturing Christian, they stuffed her body in a trash can. They five people
involved in were found guilty in the killing of the couple. Eric Boyd, Letalvis Cobbins, Lemaricus Davidson, George
Thomas, and Vanessa Coleman were the five defendants in the case. Eric Body was
found guilty of being an accessory in the murders and sentenced to 18 years in
prison. Letalvis Cobbins (26) was found guilty:
Sentenced to life without parole for first-degree murder and rape in August
2009. Lemaricus
Davidson (28) was found guilty:
Sentenced to death by lethal injection for first-degree murder and rape in
October 2009. George
Thomas (26) found guilty:
Sentenced to life without parole for first-degree murder and rape in December
2009. Vanessa
Coleman (21) Not guilty of
first-degree murder charges. Found guilty of facilitation in the death and
rapes of Channon Christian; not guilty for any charges involving Chris Newsom
in May 2010.
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This video is dedicated to the
memory of Trayvon Martin and about recognizing that hate still exists in our
society. This video is another way of exposing that there was no justice for
Trayvon and how our justice system is screwed up. There is a law for hate
crime but how does the justice system define a hate crime? Does it matter
which race commits the crime to be considered hate?
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