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.
