The colloquial “hate crime” differs from the criminal conduct that bears the same name — and they are not always interchangeable under the law.
A message of support at an intersection next to the Chabad of Poway synagogue, where a gunman opened fire Saturday, killing one person and injuring three. By Deanna Paul Deanna Paul Reporter covering national and breaking news Email Bio Follow April 28 at 5:05 PM When a man opened fire at the Chabad of Poway, near San Diego, on Saturday, it was the last day of a major Jewish holiday and the six-month anniversary of the mass shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue.
President Trump also expressed his “deepest sympathies” for the victims of the shooting, which he said “looks like a hate crime.” The president condemned anti-Semitism and hate crimes at a political rally in Wisconsin on Saturday night. “One difference between states is whether the list of protected categories align,” said Robert Weisberg, co-director of Stanford Law’s Criminal Justice Center. Some states do not include “sexual orientation” or are ambiguous about whether transgender people are legally included under “gender,” he said.
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