LIBERTARIAN PARTY: Early this month, an 18-year-old black man went on a bloody crime spree, attacking two elderly white men and bludgeoning an 82-year-old woman to death. The suspect, Obie Weathers, was arrested on February 15, and reportedly told police, "I hate all white people." Prosecutors are now investigating the case as a possible hate crime, which puts Obie Weathers in a fast-growing category of criminals: African-Americans who face extra-long prison sentences because they violated state or federal laws that punish "racist" thoughts. While such laws were touted as a way to protect minorities against violent white racists, the actual result has been the exact opposite: Blacks are twice as likely as whites to be charged with a "hate crime." According to data from a National Crime Victimization Survey, published by the US Department of Justice, only 2,336 whites were charged with anti-black "hate" crimes in 1997, while 718 blacks were charged with anti-white crimes. Adjusting for the fact that blacks make up just 13% of the population, they were statistically twice as likely as whites to face prosecution for hate crimes.
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