Hate Crime In Cleveland

Hate Crime In Cleveland

Let me say right off the bat that I think hate crime laws amount to thought police and are inherently bad ideas. If these kids actively chose to beat up another kid, send them away for the maximum allowed under the assault and battery laws, and any others you can think to put in the mix, but it seems just as hateful to beat up a kid, choke her, send her to the hospital, and make her require continuing medical care for her lunch money is just as brutal a crime.

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The victim was a student at Wilbur Wright, as were five of her assailants. Each of the at tackers received a 10-day sus pension, a Cleveland school official said.