Reply #144: If an egg is splattered on a mosque, is it a hate crime? [View All]

[Cooley Hurd]

Unless the egg runnings spell out "Go Home, Abdul," we have no idea what the intent of the egg thrower was. Same goes for the Jesus statue. There was no other clue as to motive in this case. A burning cross, however, is an oft-used method of terrorizing minorities. If there was a precedent in beheading Jesus statues by anti-Christians, then I would agree with you that this was a hate crime. But, I have to agree with NSMA - there was no message attached to this incident other than the statue damage itself. My guess is the local authorities are calling this a hate crime only to placate the fundies in their constituancy...