MSNBC All In With Chris Hayes February 23, 2022 08:53:00
And it is worth knowing how rare federal hate crimes actually are. the department of chose status declined to prosecute 82% of hate crime suspects from 2005 to 2019. that's in part because it is very difficult to secure a hate crime conviction. prosecutors need to prove not just that the defendant committed a hate crime, but that they did so with bigoted or intolerant intent. that is what federal prosecutors had to prove in the case against the mcmichaels and bryan. these three white men, who chased down and murdered a young black man, had a demonstrable history of racist beliefs. over the cou...