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The Pros And Cons Of Hate Crimes

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“For three hours, fear and uncertainty gripped the Pulse nightclub. The terror began when Omar Mateen walked into the club with a semi-automatic rifle and a handgun and began shooting. The Latin-themed night was winding down at Pulse, a gay nightclub south of downtown Orlando. But a DJ was still spinning and plenty of people were still dancing. Some patrons ran at the sound of gunfire. Some took shelter. Others were hit. By the time the siege was over, 49 people were dead and at least 53 were injured. Mateen was dead, killed by Orlando police officers after they breached a wall with an armored vehicle about 5 a.m.” This story never should have been printed, but it was. Headlines never should have made about this, but they were. Omar Manteen despised gay people so much, he felt justified to go into a popular gay nightclub and murder 49 people in cold blood. He hated homosexuels so much, that he went in brandishing a semi-automatic pistol, a semi-automatic rifle, extra rounds of ammo, and the intention to kill many more than just 49 people. This is just one example of the many hate crimes committed in the United States every year. As of right now, hate crimes are illegal-as most hate crimes involve some other type of crime as well, ranging from assault and harassment to trespassing, arson, and everything in between. Hate crimes are thus far the only type of hate that is prosecutable by the laws currently in place, but that should not be the case. Hate speech should also be

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