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Student behavior is out of control. Leniency breeds more bad behavior. Time to step-up, MCPS!![/quote]

You mean time for MCPD to step it up. MCPS job is to educate students not to dole out justice.[/quote]
When kids are violent, you call the cops. Done.[/quote]

Also, MCPS lacks the means to prosecute hate crimes, whereas MCPD does.[/quote]
Every violent crime is a hate crime.[/quote]

No. There is a specific definition:

In Montgomery County, a hate crime is a criminal
act that is intended to damage property or to hurt or
intimidate a person because of race, religion, ethnic
background, sexual orientation, or disability. The
State of Maryland also extends protections for hate
crimes based on: gender, gender-related identity,
color, or homelessness. [/quote]
^ This only creates division. 
EVERY crime is a hate crime. 
Raging maniacs don’t much care who their target happens to be. It’s not about you.[/quote]

Leaving aside the definition, which is clear that hate crimes are a specific type of act, it’s easy to say that all hate is the same until someone shoots up Your mosque or Your synagogue or Your church. If “your” group is the target, whatever that group may be, you don’t have the luxury of concluding that “hate is hate.” You need to have specific protections in place, and the specificity of the law is one such protection because it can potentially alert people to danger and help the community/law enforcement be aware of and also prepare for and address specific threats and acts.[/quote]

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