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==Sample hate crime law==

==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:

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|work=findlaw.com|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:

<blockquote>1. A person commits a hate crime when he or she commits a specified offense and either:

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.

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>