That's not far off it if were functioning properly.

But in your example, they would just call that "hate crimes" which break Federal laws and then charge you with both. Like that guy in Charlottesville who was fleeing an attack by a violent mob.

The state charged him with first-degree murder, malicious wounding, assault, and hit-and-run. Unreasonable in the circumstances, but passable on paper, except for the 419 year sentence obviously.
The feds charged him with 30 "hate crimes" and sentenced him to life in addition.
As if 419 years + life for self defense was not enough, then he got sued in civil court for $12m in damages.

Americans aren't exaggerating when they say the Civil Rights Act completely destroyed the nation's entire justice system.

That's not far off it if were functioning properly.

But in your example, they would just call that "terrorism" or "hate crimes" which break Federal laws and then charge you with both. Like that guy in Charlottesville who was fleeing an attack by a violent mob.

The state charged him with first-degree murder, malicious wounding, assault, and hit-and-run. Unreasonable in the circumstances, but passable on paper, except for the 419 year sentence obviously.
The feds charged him with 30 "hate crimes" and sentenced him to life in addition.
As if 419 years + life for self defense was not enough, then he got sued in civil court for $12m in damages.

That's not far off it if were functioning properly.

But in your example, they would just call that "terrorism" which breaks Federal laws and then charge you with both. Like that guy in Charlottesville who was fleeing an attack by a violent mob.

The state charged him with first-degree murder, malicious wounding, assault, and hit-and-run. Unreasonable in the circumstances, but passable on paper, except for the 419 year sentence obviously.
The feds charged him with 30 "hate crimes" and sentenced him to life in addition.
As if 419 years + life for self defense was not enough, then he got sued in civil court for $12m in damages.

That's not far off it if were functioning properly.

But in your example, they would just call that "terrorism" which breaks Federal laws and then charge you with both. Like that guy in Charlottesville who was fleeing an attack by a violent mob.

The state charged him with first-degree murder, malicious wounding, assault, and hit-and-run. Unreasonable in the circumstances, but passable on paper, except for the 419 year sentence obviously.
The feds charged him with 30 "hate crimes" and sentenced him to life in addition.
As if 419 years + life for self defense was not enough, then he got sued for $12m in damages.

That's not far off it if were functioning properly.

But in your example, they would just call that "terrorism" which breaks Federal laws and then charge you with both. Like that guy in Charlottesville who was fleeing an attack by a violent mob.

The state charged him with first-degree murder, malicious wounding, assault, and hit-and-run. Unreasonable in the circumstances, but passable on paper, except for the 419 year sentence obviously.
The feds charged him with 30 "hate crimes" and sentenced him to life in addition.

That's not far off it if were functioning properly.

But in your example, they would just call that "terrorism" which breaks Federal laws and then charge you with both. Like that guy in Charlottesville who was fleeing an attack by a violent mob.

The state charged him with 8 counts: malicious wounding, hit-and-run. Unreasonable in the circumstances, but within the general sphere of sanity on paper, except for the 419 year sentence obviously.
The feds charged him with 30 "hate crimes" and sentenced him to life in addition.

That's not far off it if were functioning properly.

But in your example, they would just call that "terrorism" which breaks Federal laws and then charge you with both. Like that guy in Charlottesville who was fleeing an attack by a violent mob.

The state charged him with 8 counts: malicious wounding and like hit-and-run. Unreasonable in the circumstances, but within the general sphere of sanity on paper, except for the 419 year sentence obviously.
The feds charged him with 30 "hate crimes" and sentenced him to life in addition.

That's not far off it if were functioning properly.

But in your example, they would just call that "terrorism" which breaks Federal laws and then charge you with both. Like that guy in Charlottesville who was fleeing a violent mob.

The state charged him with 8 counts: malicious wounding and like hit-and-run. Unreasonable in the circumstances, but within the general sphere of sanity on paper, except for the 419 year sentence obviously.
The feds charged him with 30 "hate crimes" and sentenced him to life in addition.

That's not far off it if were functioning properly.

But in your example, they would just call that "terrorism" which breaks Federal laws and then charge you with both.