Hate Crimes Stand Apart Because They Send a Message

Hate crimes attack and erode the basic fabric of our society. A hate crime is a criminal act motivated by an offender's bias against a race, someone's ethenicity, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender or even gender identity. Supervisory special agent andush from the san francisco field office lays out where the investigation goes next. The new law extended who is protected to include individuals who are targeted for their actual or perceived gender, gender identity, disability or sexual orientation.