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Lunacee_2013

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8. About the hate crime aspect ...

Reply to Starry Messenger (Original post)

Fri Apr 5, 2013, 11:59 PM

Apr 2013

which is in the last line of your post, I think ALL rape should be considered a hate crime. It's a hateful act and it tends to target just one particular group of people. If it walks like a duck and sounds like a duck....

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Sexual violence scars Native American women [View all] Starry Messenger Mar 2013 OP

k and r niyad Mar 2013 #1

I watched a show on Current called "Rape on the Reservation" kdmorris Mar 2013 #2

This article reports that the DOJ has statistics that 86% of the rapes are committed by non-native Starry Messenger Mar 2013 #3

I wonder if that differs by reservation.. probably not kdmorris Mar 2013 #4

Yeah, that seemed like an exceptionally low thing to do, even for House Reps. Starry Messenger Mar 2013 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author The Advocate2013 Apr 2013 #6

Wow! Sounds both interesting and worthwhile. Rhiannon12866 Apr 2013 #7

About the hate crime aspect ... Lunacee_2013 Apr 2013 #8