Hate Crime Reporting By State 2011:
Arizona
Population 6,225,041
Number of Incidents Reported 192
Arizona’s State Hate Crime
Statutory Provisions Covers
·
Bias-Motivated Violence and intimidation
·
Race, Religion, Ethnicity
·
Sexual Orientation
·
Gender
·
Disability
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Institutional Vandalism
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Data Collection
·
Training for Law Enforcement Personnel
Does
Not Cover
·
Civil Action
·
Other
Hate Crime in Arizona
Definition
If the defendant committed a crime out of
malice towards the victim because of their identity in a group or because of
the defendant’s perception of the victim’s identity because of (race, color,
religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender or disability) then they
will be given an aggravating sentence.
Institutional
Vandalism
It
is also against the law to burn or cause to be burned a cross on the property
of another person without their consent or on a highway, or any other public
place with intent to intimidate any person or group of persons.
Data
Collection
A
person commits aggravated criminal damage by intentionally or recklessly
without the express permission of the owner defacing, damaging, or in any way
changing the appearance of any building, structure, personal property or place used
for worship/any religious purpose.
Article
In an article titled “Racial
hate crimes surge 39% in Phoenix” they mention that the number of racially
motivated hate crimes in Phoenix had rose from 2009-2010 along with other
upswings around the country. Crimes particularly increased for Muslims and
Hispanics. They only mention one case of Juan Varela, who as a third generation
U.S. citizen was killed. Reports indicated that his neighbor Gary Kelley
screamed “Hurry up and go back to Mexico, or you’re going to die,” before he
shot Varela. Kelley was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to 22
years but jurors could not conclude that Kelley’s bias was a motivating factor
in the murder, so it wasn’t classified as a hate crime.
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/20111116phoenix-racial-hate-crimes-surge.html
Media
Commercial for No Hate
against LGBT individuals, created so that youth will stop committing suicide
thinking that their struggle will not get harder, but get easier and that they
will become accepted.
Trailer for Mississippi
Burning a movie about racial discrimination towards African Americans, although
it is about race many things in the movie, murders of blacks and blowing up
houses of blacks would fall into the category of hate crimes in present day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUtlJwfNEtI
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