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hate
Justice takes a beating in Long Beach racial hatred case
The basic facts of the case are that last Halloween, a pack of black youths, with no evidence of any provocation, set upon three young white women who had come to an upscale part of Long Beach known to attract trick-or-treaters.
Defender of France
The French government has responded to anti-Semitic acts with forthrightness: harsher penalties, better coordination with prosecutors, widespread educational reforms, a crackdown on hate-spewing Iranian and Arab media and ongoing public statements from the president on down.
French Rally Against Jew’s Torture Death
Until last week, officials and detectives investigating the case said they were not linking it to anti-Semitism. But in a turnaround, Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin told a Jewish communal gathering last week that officials had decided to treat the case as an act of anti-Semitism.
Facts Belie County Hate Crime Problem
Sometime in the early 1980s, a new type of crime was identified. It was called \”hate crime.\” Although the conduct which hate crime laws were aimed at was already criminal, the new laws targeted the motivation for the crime.
Community Briefs
\”Arafat is a powerful symbol. But today it\’s very difficult to say that he has control over what\’s happening on the ground.\”
Fighting Hate Groups
Gov. Gray Davis has proposed far-reaching legislation to combat hate groups, which, he said, pose a \”very serious threat to public safety.\”