According to
Hate Crime Statistics, 2005, 8,380 hate crimes that were reported happened against people for their race, ethnicity, religion, disability, or sexual orientation. 14.2% of these were motivated by sexual orientation. And that was only people who were reported and caught. The scary thing is, 84% of hate crimes involved violent crimes; a rape or other sexual assault, robbery, or any other assaults were described by victims. In half of these crimes the victims were verbally assaulted, and only 41% of assaults, police were on scene in less than 10 minutes (
Bureau of Justice Statistics). Only
32 states have laws against sexual orientation motivated crimes, some exceptions are AR, GA, IN, SC, and WY, which means 18 states do not care. WHAT?!?!?! I feel that as human beings we should have the right to our own protection, especially from the government that says "Justice and equality for all." Somebody shouldn't walk out in the morning, scared, not knowing whether they
were going to get assaulted or not today. In these 18 states, people should feel protected, that the law enforcement is on there side. Hate crimes are wrong against nature, law, and morals. However people feel, we should have equal rights for protection.
According to Hate Crime Statistics, 2005, 8,380 hate crimes that were reported happened against people for their race, ethnicity, religion, disability, or sexual orientation. 14.2% of these were motivated by sexual orientation. And that was only people who were reported and caught. The scary thing is, 84% of hate crimes involved violent crimes; a rape or other sexual assault, robbery, or any other assaults were described by victims. In half of these crimes the victims were verbally assaulted, and only 41% of assaults, police were on scene in less than 10 minutes (Bureau of Justice Statistics). Only 32 states have laws against sexual orientation motivated crimes, some exceptions are AR, GA, IN, SC, and WY, which means 18 states do not care. WHAT?!?!?! I feel that as human beings we should have the right to our own protection, especially from the government that says "Justice and equality for all." Somebody shouldn't walk out in the morning, scared, not knowing whether they
were going to get assaulted or not today. In these 18 states, people should feel protected, that the law enforcement is on there side. Hate crimes are wrong against nature, law, and morals. However people feel, we should have equal rights for protection.
4 comments:
HEYA ALLIE!!!..its me Joe hehe.
Great post I am in total agreeance with about why we should stop the hate crimes. I feel the smae way about the stats not careing thats a load of bullhawk! the hate crime statistics are crazy bad!wow..great post allie. now visit mine =) hehe
I really like this blog. I'm writing about homophobia and you gave me some great ideas for my next post! thanks. and good job!
Hello Allie! I love how you are so passionate about this subject! It totally gets to me! I also feel the same about hate crimes! I <3 it Allie! Yay! <3 Stephanie
Your blog is very good and colorful!! I agree with you that it isnt right what people are doing to others just because of things like sexual orientation.All your posts are really good so keep up the good work!!1
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