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News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago

Illinois prosecutors weigh hate crime charges after lesbian attacked at McDonald's

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Illinois prosecutors weigh hate crime charges after lesbian attacked at McDonald's

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News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago

Kady Grass suffered a broken nose, a hemorrhage on her eye, and PTSD after the attack at a McDonald's in Carpentersville last week.

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Fucking seriously!!! What is there to weight?!
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  Sadly, the odds of getting a conviction
  
  They can easily get assault, but a hate crime requires proving intent and having a jury sympathetic to the victim
  
  It’s a shitty situation
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    Can’t they charge and try for multiple counts?
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      I dunno, maybe
      
      Hopefully.

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