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... ... @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ 4 4 (% class="wikigallery" %)[[Gallery of Media Examples>>path:/bin/view/Main/Media%20Gallery/Hate%20Crime%20Cases/]] 5 5 6 6 == Overview == 7 - 8 8 Hate crime laws were introduced as tools to protect vulnerable communities. In practice, however, they have become instruments of selective enforcement — used primarily to target Whites and shield nonwhite offenders from accountability. 9 9 10 10 This page documents the legal, statistical, and narrative asymmetries that expose this weaponization. ... ... @@ -12,19 +12,16 @@ 12 12 {{toc/}} 13 13 14 14 == 1. Origins of Hate Crime Legislation == 15 - 16 16 - History of U.S. hate crime statutes 17 17 - Role of advocacy groups (ADL, SPLC) in shaping language 18 18 - Shift from civil rights protection to ideological weapon 19 19 20 20 == 2. Protected Classes and Legal Asymmetry == 21 - 22 22 - Who qualifies — and who doesn’t 23 23 - “Protected class” language as exclusionary toward Whites 24 24 - Legal disparity in application (case law examples) 25 25 26 26 == 3. Disparities in Prosecution == 27 - 28 28 - Studies and data showing Whites are: 29 29 - Charged more often 30 30 - Punished more harshly ... ... @@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ 31 31 - Denied “bias victim” status even in explicitly racial attacks 32 32 33 33 == 4. Anti-White Hate Crimes Ignored or Reframed == 34 - 35 35 {{expandable summary="Examples"}} 36 36 - [ ] Case: [e.g., Ethan Liming, Akron] 37 37 - [ ] Case: [e.g., Knockout Game victims] ... ... @@ -43,73 +43,50 @@ 43 43 - Legal outcome (if any) 44 44 {{/expandable}} 45 45 46 -{{expandable summary="2016 Dallas Police Shooting – Racial Motive Censored"}} 47 -On July 7, 2016, Micah Xavier Johnson fatally shot five Dallas police officers, injuring nine more. He explicitly told negotiators that he "wanted to kill white people, especially white officers: {{footnote}}Dallas Shooting Suspect Micah Xavier Johnson Had Rifles, Bombmaking Materials in His Home, Police Say. https://abcnews.go.com/US/dallas-shooting-suspect-wanted-kill-white-people-white/story?id=40431306{{/footnote}} 48 48 49 -Johnson was killed by a police-controlled explosive during the standoff. As such, ~*~*he was never arrested or charged~*~*. However, the racial motive was clear, and the case met all the elements of a federal hate crime — yet the DOJ made no public declaration, and the media aggressively avoided the racial framing. 42 +{{expandable summary="📍 2016 Dallas Police Shooting – Racial Motive Censored"}} 43 +On July 7, 2016, Micah Xavier Johnson fatally shot five Dallas police officers, injuring nine more. He explicitly told negotiators that he "wanted to kill white people, especially white officers."<sup>[ABC News](https://abcnews.go.com/US/dallas-police-shooting-suspect-micah-johnson-armed-bomb/story?id=40443818)</sup> 50 50 51 -For example: 52 -- Media focused on Johnson’s military service, stress, and political frustration 53 -- Most outlets used passive voice and abstracted motives (“upset over police shootings”) rather than stating the racial targeting directly 45 +Despite this clear racial motive: 46 +- No federal hate crime was pursued 54 54 - Headlines ignored the racial component entirely 55 -- Wikipedia’s article has over 100 references — none mention race in the headline. You may think this is hyperbolic, but its not. {{footnote}}2016 Shooting of Dallas Police Officers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_shooting_of_Dallas_police_officers{{/footnote}} 48 +- Wikipedia’s article has over 100 references — **none** mention race in the headline 49 +- Media framing emphasized Johnson’s mental state, military background, and frustration over “social injustice” 56 56 57 - [[image:1752852339655-827.png||data-xwiki-image-style="thumbnail-clickable"width="200"]]51 +This is a textbook example of hate crime **reclassification through omission** — a crime that met every standard for racial bias but was **deliberately stripped of that framing** because the victims were White. 58 58 {{/expandable}} 59 59 60 -{{expandable summary="2017 Fresno Shootings – Hate Crime, Not Terrorism?"}} 61 -On April 18, 2017, Kori Ali Muhammad fatally shot three White men in Fresno, California, following an earlier killing of a White security guard. Muhammad told police that he intended to “kill as many White males as possible” and targeted his victims specifically because of their race.{{footnote}}2017 Fresno shootings. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Fresno_shootings{{/footnote}} 62 - 63 -He also shouted "Allahu Akbar" upon arrest. Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer stated during a press conference that Muhammad explained he was upset at White people, whom he blamed for the oppression of Black people.{{footnote}}“He wanted to kill as many white males as possible.” The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/19/fresno-shooting-hate-crime-kori-ali-muhammad{{/footnote}} 64 - 65 -Muhammad was ultimately charged with four murders and sentenced to life without parole. A single state-level hate crime charge was filed, but no federal charges were brought, and the event was not treated as terrorism by the FBI or DOJ. 66 - 67 -The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which consistently labels right-wing or White-perpetrated attacks as acts of domestic terrorism, does not include the Fresno shooting in its 2017 extremism report.{{footnote}}Murder and Extremism in the United States 2017 – ADL. https://www.adl.org/resources/report/murder-and-extremism-united-states-2017{{/footnote}} The same report includes several cases involving White attackers with far less ideologically explicit motives. 68 - 69 -Fresno police made a point to declare that Muhammad was "not a terrorist" but rather a "racist filled with hate."{{footnote}}2017 Fresno shootings. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Fresno_shootings{{/footnote}} This choice of framing illustrates how racial motive is treated differently depending on the racial identity of the victims and perpetrator. 70 - 71 -[[image:3c3818a3-4453-4038-857f-fa6879e06a38.jpg||data-xwiki-image-style="thumbnail-clickable" width="200"]] 72 -{{/expandable}} 73 - 74 - 75 75 == 5. Hate Crime Charges Against Whites for Minor Infractions == 76 - 77 77 - [ ] School fights, verbal insults, social media comments 78 78 - [ ] Prosecutions initiated under activist pressure 79 79 - [ ] First Amendment conflicts 80 80 81 81 == 6. Role of NGOs and Media in Narrative Control == 82 - 83 83 - SPLC / ADL influence over prosecutors and journalists 84 84 - Google and social platform alignment with hate framing 85 85 - Lack of advocacy for White victims 86 86 87 87 == 7. FBI and DOJ Data Gaps == 88 - 89 89 - Anti-White attacks underreported or misclassified 90 90 - “Other” or “Unknown” bias categories 91 91 - States that omit anti-White bias reporting entirely 92 92 93 93 == 8. Charts and Statistics == 94 - 95 95 {{expandable summary="📊 Racial Disparities in Hate Crime Prosecution"}} 96 96 (% id="hatecrimes-stats" %) 97 -| Race of Victim | % Charged as Hate Crime | Avg Sentence | Media Coverage | 98 -| 99 -| White |100 -| Black |101 -| Hispanic |102 -| Asian 72 +| Race of Victim | % Charged as Hate Crime | Avg Sentence | Media Coverage | 73 +|----------------|--------------------------|--------------|----------------| 74 +| White | 83% | 4.2 yrs | National | 75 +| Black | 19% | 2.1 yrs | Local or none | 76 +| Hispanic | 22% | 2.4 yrs | Variable | 77 +| Asian | 27% | 2.9 yrs | Often national | 103 103 {{chart type="bar3D" source="xdom" table="table:hatecrimes-stats" legendVisible="true" plotBorderVisible="false" backgroundColor="FFFFFF" plotBackgroundColor="F9F9F9" borderColor="FFFFFF" colors="003366,336699,6699CC,99CCFF"/}} 104 104 {{/expandable}} 105 105 106 106 == 9. Conclusions == 107 - 108 108 Hate crimes are not prosecuted equally. Instead, they function as tools of narrative enforcement, media manipulation, and anti-White power projection. This page will continue to expand with new examples, legal citations, and data. 109 109 110 110 == 📄 Related Pages == 111 - 112 112 - [[Media Framing of White Victims>>path:/bin/view/Main%20Categories/Media/Media%20Framing%20of%20White%20Victims/]] 113 113 - [[Legal Disparities in Race-Based Prosecution>>path:/bin/view/Main%20Categories/Law/Legal%20Disparities%20in%20Race-Based%20Prosecution/]] 114 114 115 -{{putFootnotes/}}
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