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Rmp asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 2 weeks ago

Will Ahmad Al-Issa, the alleged Colorado shooter, be charged with a hate crime?  Why or why not?

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  • Aspen
    Lv 4
    2 weeks ago

    No. He was mentally ill, possibly schizophrenic, and prone to delusions and a short temper and lashed out at anyone around him. Boulder is like 98% white. Without targeting anyone specifically and regardless of where in town he attacked, virtually all of his victims would have undoubtedly be white. 

    This guy showed no interest in political or religious matters. He just thought everyone was out to get him. 

  • Ivan
    Lv 6
    2 weeks ago

    No not even. Only white men get that sort of charge enhancement. 

  • Anonymous
    2 weeks ago

    It’s obvious he targeted white Americans. 

  • 2 weeks ago

    That depends on what his motive was and whether prosecutors think they can establish that he acted on the basis of hatred against a particular class of individuals, such as those of a certain race or religion.

    The last I heard, investigators didn't have a clear motive for the shooting, so it's too early to say whether prosecutors will attempt to charge him with a hate crime.

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  • Susie
    Lv 7
    2 weeks ago

    Hate crimes say that some lives are “worth more”  than others.  Murder is murder, regardless of the motive.  Setting punishments by motive is discrimination against some victims. 

  • 2 weeks ago

    What a weenie. Disarmed and marched out in his underpants. Couldn’t even avoid being taken alive 

  • Anonymous
    2 weeks ago

    I doubt it, his family are already making excuses for him. Someone was mean to his brother back in the day. 

  • 2 weeks ago

    Just charge him with multiple murders. That's the way it should be.  "Hate crimes" shouldn't exist

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