For all the evidence of race-based targeting of victims, federal prosecutors haven't filed civil rights charges against F13 members, though Hernandez says the idea remains under investigation in the ongoing case. (Hernandez explains that the charges are difficult to prove and wouldn't increase prison time for those convicted of the other charges, anyway.) But law enforcement officials say the F13 members—and the Crips—frequently targeted victims based on race. "The way it came out was that any young black man could be the target of [F13] and any young Hispanic man was the target of the [black gang]," says Rosales. "All they see is race." Quote
Do you see a double standard here? It take hardly anything for a White person to be charged with a hate crime or racism. Yet, when it's a minority it's "the charges are difficult to prove" and everything is ignored. Pandering, pandering, pandering. How often do you hear of the skinheads going out and killing? Certainly not, "80 gang-related shootings in the past three years, including 20 murders" yet when you hear of racism the cry is always the skinheads and such. I'm not defending the skinheads here, just putting things in perspective.
The minorities and their crime problem, (which is actually everyone's problem) will not change until everyone is honest as to where the majority of it is coming from and accepts the responsibility for doing something about it instead of pointing the finger at others and playing the victim.
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