I thought this would make for an interesting discussion. I'm curious how they will make the hate crime charge for larceny stick. The women all speak Cantonese according to the articles. I'm imagining some ethnic/cultural divide that allows the hate charge, but am I overthinking this? Is it realistic that the charge is viable on the grounds stated below? That the victims were targeted for spiritual beliefs?
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The so-called "blessing scam" has been around in U.S. Chinese communities for years, with victims targeted in Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, and Hawaii, according to NBC New York. Following a rash of such cases in New York City, the New York Police Department began a public awareness campaign in 2013, hitting the streets and tacking up posters in Chinese and English to warn residents. |
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"In this case, the theory is that the victims were targeted because of their ethnicity, because they were Chinese, and because of their religious practices, their religious spiritual beliefs," Peterson said. |
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