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I have said before that you have every right to be a hateful racist. You have no right to act on your hate.
I prefer bigots to be open and honest about it so that I can avoid them better.
Them being open and honest about it also means that when they act on their hate, it becomes a sentence enhancer.
Calling someone a filthy Jew is being very rude and obnoxious; but it's probably protected speech.
Assaulting someone after calling them a filthy Jew is a hate crime.
And, yes, you don't have to actually touch someone to commit assault!
Once you've articulated an actionable threat that appears to be imminent, you're assaulting.
And you're lucky if your chosen victim is armed and declines to shoot you.
It's noteworthy that this happened in Florida and the actual victim is home, safe, with their family and the (alleged) perpetrator is behind bars without bail.
FWIW, I'm completely with you. 100%. What leapt out at me from the page was the part that said the attacker, "... told officers he is Muslim and does not like Jewish people, adding that he believed he was exercising his First Amendment rights. Officers also noted in their report that he did not appear to be mentally stable."
ReplyDeleteIn my mind that statement proves the officer is right and the guy is not mentally stable.