What is a hate crime? Michigan expert explains

Our Crime and Safety expert is sitting down with the director of community engagement for the Michigan Department of Civil Rights to discuss what constitutes a hate crime.

[TheWorldisSoDivided]

Some communities have no accountability and just point fingers.

[Monte]

slippery slope when you can only guess that the person committing the crime has "hate" as their motivation, completely subjective and begs the question of, so what? does that make the crime worse than doing the same exact crime indiscriminately?

[sbyrstall]

Hate crime is like hate speech. It's a crime that someone hates. A crime is a crime no matter how it's committed.