11-year old girl charged with hate crime after police says she beat up a 10-year old
link- https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/24/us/11-year-old-charged-with-hate-crime-trnd/index.html
Summery: In Gouverneur, New York two white girls ages 10 and 11 were involved with assault. The 10 year old was charged with a second degree harassment and the 11 year old was charged with assault and a third degree hate crime. The victim was African-American, after the incident she was seen with a black eye, bruised knees and hair had been pulled out of the victim. The attack happened around September 10 when the parents of the victim reported this problem. The case was then taken into juvenile court as the girls were referred to St. Lawrence County Probation for further action.
Reaction: I believe this case should be further looked into in order to figure out the motive of the attack as to if this is related to a hate crime or not. There is not enough provided information to tell.
History Connection: This issue is connected to history because of the hate crimes against African Americans. As an example during 1954-1968 The Civil Rights movement was created to prevent these racial discrimination acts. Such as the incident with Little Rock Nine in 1957.
Blog questions:
How may the school react to these issues regarding hate crimes ?
What do you believe the motive was?
Do you believe this was a hate crime issue or not ?