Hate crime generally refers to a criminal act that is seen to have been motivated by bias against one or more of the types or derivatives like a certain social group, usually defined by racial group, religion, sexual orientation, disability, class, ethnicity, nationality, age, gender, gender identity or political affiliation. This can result in physical assault, damage to property, bullying, harassment, verbal abuse or insults, or offensive graffiti or letters, specifically hate mail. It is also known as bias-motivated crimes which occur when a perpetrator targets the victim. State lawmakers…
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