South Carolina HAS NO HATE-CRIME LAWS

Good morning from Upper Darby!

SHOUT OUT TO TARIQ NASHEED FOR POINTING OUT THAT SOUTH CAROLINA HAS NO HATE-CRIME LAWS! Like Tariq, MY EARS PERKED UP when Whites came out and IMMEDIATELY SAID "Oh this is DEFINITELY A HATE-CRIME!" and I was like?
RED ALERT!

WHITE PEOPLE ARE BEING TOO COOPERATIVE!
-_-
Wow.
Look at that shit.
That honestly is, horrible.
When you have to be ON-GUARD 24/7, because you know you just can't trust A FUCKIN WORD OR THING that someone does.
OKAY I'M DONE!
Just needed to share that moment and make it clear that when you decide TO IGNORE REALITY AND SOMEONE'S BEHAVIOR? Then you get what you deserve from doing so. NOW!? Back to the post!

I couldn't figure out WHY I thought their IMMEDIATE RESPONSE was CONCERNING. So at first I thought it was because they tried to claim Dylan Roof was "MENTALLY ILL". With that bullshit again. But then once this muthafucka's own manifesto came out, then claiming he was MENTALLY ILL was OUT!

So then I am sitting here now. Listening to Tariq's radio show from last night while I'm typing and he pointed out that South Carolina HAS NO HATE CRIME LAWS! So I was like THAT WAS WHY I WAS SUSPICIOUS ABOUT THEM RUSHING TO SAY IT'S A HATE CRIME, WHILE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO STEER AWAY FROM CALLING IT A HATE-CRIME AND DOMESTIC-TERRORISM! So!? Like I've said and AS YOU KNOW! This is what makes DEALING WITH WHITES SO TREACHEROUSLY DANGEROUS.

Because when THEY HAVE THE HIGH-GROUND ON YOU, they will USE IT! Which means that FOR EVERY WHITE PERSON THAT RAN UP ON TV AND SAID "DEFINITELY A HATE CRIME!" they FUCKIN KNOW THERE IS NO HATE-CRIME LAWS ON THE BOOKS IN SOUTH CAROLINA! So to PUSH THIS BRUTAL COWARDLY ATTACK INTO THAT REALM!? Will give Dylan Roof the ACTUAL CHANCE TO GET A RIDICULOUSLY SMALL SENTENCE FOR KILLING 9 OF OUR PEOPLE.
>_<
Mind you, American Indians made COUNTLESS TREATIES with Whites.
None were honored.
Here is the article;

THU JUN 18, 2015 AT 10:25 AM PDT

South Carolina still has no hate crime law

byKerry EleveldFollowforKerry EleveldThe Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney's office and FBI have already begun investigating the shooting in Charleston, South Carolina, as a hate crime. Some local authorities agree with that assessment.

“There is no doubt in my mind that this is a hate crime,” Charleston Police Chief Greg Mullen told the Post and Courier.

But state officials won't have the option of conducting their own hate crime investigation because South Carolina is one of only several states that still lacks a hate crimes law. Aviva Shen has the details:

County Rep. Wendell G. Gilliard, who represents the district where the targeted church is located, has fought for years to enact a hate crime law in South Carolina. But efforts to catch South Carolina up to the rest of the country have repeatedly failed.

The bill Gilliard introduced during the last legislative session would have created penalties for assault or threats committed because of a victim’s race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, color, national origin, or age, as well as boost penalties for property destruction intended to intimidate the victim. Gilliard has also pushed to define assaults on the homeless as hate crimes.

South Carolina police reported 51 hate crime incidents in 2013, the latest available year of data. [...] The state hosts 19 known hate groups, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, most of which are focused on white supremacy and racial hatred.

Fortunately, the federal hate crimes law was strengthened in 2009, allowing federal authorities to bring resources to investigating and prosecuting potential hate crimes in which local authorities either can't or won't do so.

ORIGINALLY POSTED TO KERRY ELEVELD ON THU JUN 18, 2015 AT 10:25 AM PDT.

ALSO REPUBLISHED BY DAILY KOS.

South Carolina Is One Of The Only States That Still Doesn’t Have A Hate Crime Law

BY AVIVA SHEN POSTED ON JUNE 18, 2015 AT 11:08 AM

The Civil Rights division of the Department of Justice, the U.S. Attorney’s office, and the FBI have opened a hate crime investigation into the shooting at a progressive black church that left nine dead Wednesday night. The shooting, carried out by a young white man who reportedly sat in Bible study for an hour before opening fire, was quickly identified by Charleston police as racially motivated.

“There is no doubt in my mind that this is a hate crime,” Charleston Police Chief Greg Mullen told the Post and Courier.

But South Carolina is one of just five remaining states without a hate crime law.

Though there is now federal legislation that distinguishes hate crimes and empowers federal agencies to investigate them, most states have additional statutes on the books that specify tougher sentences and penalties for crimes motivated by hatred of a certain group of people. South Carolina, Arkansas, Wyoming, Georgia and Michigan are the only states without any such laws.

County Rep. Wendell G. Gilliard, who represents the district where the targeted church is located, has fought for years to enact a hate crime law in South Carolina. But efforts to catch South Carolina up to the rest of the country have repeatedly failed.

The bill Gilliard introduced during the last legislative session would have created penalties for assault or threats committed because of a victim’s race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, color, national origin, or age, as well as boost penalties for property destruction intended to intimidate the victim. Gilliard has also pushed to define assaults on the homeless as hate crimes.

South Carolina police reported 51 hate crime incidents in 2013, the latest available year of data. Most law enforcement agencies are not required to report hate crimes to the FBI, so many more crimes may be going unreported. Charleston reported just two racially motivated cases that year.

Though it’s difficult to determine how many hate crimes occur every year, South Carolina has revived the push for a state law after major incidents. A young gay man, Sean Kennedy, was killed outside a bar in Greenville, SC in 2007. His killer, who allegedly yelled anti-gay slurs before the attack, received a shockingly light sentence, ultimately spending only a year in prison, plus 30 days of community service and regular anger management classes. South Carolina LGBT rights advocacy group helped introduce hate crime legislation in 2011 shortly after another gay teenager was attacked outside a convenience store. The momentum before the latest iteration of the hate crime bill stemmed from a hit-and-run suspected to be motivated by racial bias.

The state hosts 19 known hate groups, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, most of which are focused on white supremacy and racial hatred. Former South Carolina Sen. and current Heritage Foundation president Jim DeMint (R) argued vehemently against the passage of federal hate crime legislation, warning it was a “dangerous step” in the persecution of thought crimes and religious views.