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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}} |
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Despite this clear racial motive: |
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-- No federal hate crime was pursued |
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- Headlines ignored the racial component entirely |
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-- Wikipedia’s article has over 100 references — **none** mention race in the headline |
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+- Wikipedia’s article has over 100 references — none mention race in the headline. You may think this is hyperbolic, but its not. |
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- Media framing emphasized Johnson’s mental state, military background, and frustration over “social injustice” |
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-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. |
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+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. |
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== 5. Hate Crime Charges Against Whites for Minor Infractions == |