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Liberals will often demand prosecution as a "hate crime" whenever the victim was a member of a group politically favored by the liberal agenda, regardless of whether there was any evidence of actual hate for the group by the perpetrator. '''''In practice, a hate crime can be alleged when the victim is a member of a group that mostly supports [[Democrats]] rather than a member of a group that mostly supports [[Republicans]]'''''.
Liberals will often demand prosecution as a "hate crime" whenever the victim was a member of a group politically favored by the liberal agenda, regardless of whether there was any evidence of actual hate for the group by the perpetrator. '''''In practice, a hate crime can be alleged when the victim is a member of a group that mostly supports [[Democrats]] rather than a member of a group that mostly supports [[Republicans]]'''''.
==Sample hate crime law==
As an example, consider New York Penal Law § 485.05<ref>{{cite web|url=http://codes.findlaw.com/ny/penal-law/pen-sect-485-05.html|title=Hate crimes|accessdate=January 7,2017}}</ref> It provides:
<blockquote>1. A person commits a hate crime when he or she commits a specified offense and either:
(a) intentionally selects the person against whom the offense is committed or intended to be committed in whole or in substantial part because of a belief or perception regarding the race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, religion, religious practice, age, disability or sexual orientation of a person, regardless of whether the belief or perception is correct, or
(b) intentionally commits the act or acts constituting the offense in whole or in substantial part because of a belief or perception regarding the race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, religion, religious practice, age, disability or sexual orientation of a person, regardless of whether the belief or perception is correct.</blockquote>
The statute then lists other crimes any of which could be a necessary element of the hate crime. So, for example, if the accused meets all of the elements of section 121.12 (strangulation in the second degree), and the prosecutor also proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the crime was committed because of the age of the victim, then higher penalties apply. The New York hate crime law uses 60 years of age as the cut off for defining an elderly victim.
Under the New York hate crime law, there is a detailed formula for determining how much higher the penalties should be. For a misdemeanor, it is one class higher than the underlying offense. For class B felonies, the hate crime must draw a minimum of six years of imprisonment, and for class A-1 felonies, the hate crime must draw a minimum of 20 years of imprisonment. In addition, the judge can order the person convicted of a hate crime to participate in a hate crime education program.
So, hate crime laws do not make conduct that was previously legal illegal. Rather they provide for higher penalties if the crime was proven to be hate motivated.
==Real hate crimes==
==Real hate crimes==
In very early January of 2017, an extremely horrific and disturbing racist hate crime occurred when four black teens brutally beat and tortured an 18-year-old mentally-disabled white teenager in Chicago. It was a horrific hate crime, and one of the many, many horrifying things they did was tell the person to curse [[Donald Trump]] and white people.<ref>[http://www.wnd.com/2017/01/f-k-donald-trump-f-k-white-people/ 4 charged with hate crimes in kidnap, torture of mentally disabled man]. ''WND''. January 4, 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2017.</ref> It was charged as hate crime<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/01/05/hate-crime-charges-filed-in-chicago-beating-shown-on-facebook-live.html Hate crime charges filed in Chicago beating streamed on Facebook Live]. ''Fox News''. January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2017.</ref> and they were denied bail.<ref>Pathieu, Diane; Hope, Leah (January 6 2017). [http://abc7chicago.com/news/judge-denies-bail-for-4-facebook-live-torture-suspects/1689291/ Judge denies bail for 4 Chicago Facebook Live torture suspects]. ''ABC 7''. Retrieved January 6, 2017.</ref>
In very early January of 2017, an extremely horrific and disturbing racist hate crime occurred when four black teens brutally beat and tortured an 18-year-old mentally-disabled white teenager in Chicago. It was a horrific hate crime, and one of the many, many horrifying things they did was tell the person to curse [[Donald Trump]] and white people.<ref>[http://www.wnd.com/2017/01/f-k-donald-trump-f-k-white-people/ 4 charged with hate crimes in kidnap, torture of mentally disabled man]. ''WND''. January 4, 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2017.</ref> It was charged as hate crime<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/01/05/hate-crime-charges-filed-in-chicago-beating-shown-on-facebook-live.html Hate crime charges filed in Chicago beating streamed on Facebook Live]. ''Fox News''. January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2017.</ref> and they were denied bail.<ref>Pathieu, Diane; Hope, Leah (January 6 2017). [http://abc7chicago.com/news/judge-denies-bail-for-4-facebook-live-torture-suspects/1689291/ Judge denies bail for 4 Chicago Facebook Live torture suspects]. ''ABC 7''. Retrieved January 6, 2017.</ref>