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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Fri Oct 18, 2013, 04:41 PM Oct 2013

One Of Three Teens Arrested In S.I. Convent Fire Charged With Hate Crime

NY1News

Police say they have arrested three 19-year-old males, charging one with a hate crime, in connection to an arson at a Staten Island convent over the weekend.

Sources tell NY1 the trio were using the convent on the grounds of St. Joseph Hill Academy as a place to smoke and drink early Saturday morning.

It was there that police say Vincent Calder intentionally set the fire.

He now faces multiple charges including arson, criminal mischief and trespassing, all as hate crimes.

Read more at http://www.ny1.com/content/news/190650/one-of-three-teens-arrested-in-s-i--convent-fire-charged-with-hate-crime

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One Of Three Teens Arrested In S.I. Convent Fire Charged With Hate Crime (Original Post) hrmjustin Oct 2013 OP

I don't see it as a hate crime. n/t murielm99 Oct 2013 #1

They decapitated the heads of some statues. hrmjustin Oct 2013 #2

I am not apologizing for these jerks. murielm99 Oct 2013 #3

Well they claim they were drunk and stoned. I am not sure if they will go with the hrmjustin Oct 2013 #4

murielm99

(30,745 posts)

1. I don't see it as a hate crime. n/t

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Fri Oct 18, 2013, 05:05 PM

Oct 2013

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

2. They decapitated the heads of some statues.

Reply to murielm99 (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 05:07 PM

Oct 2013

murielm99

(30,745 posts)

3. I am not apologizing for these jerks.

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 11:32 PM

Oct 2013

Maybe the statues were ordinary vandalism?

I don't want to see hate crime laws misused and cheapened. If that doesn't apply in this case, the accused could get off more lightly than they possibly deserve.

People need to be punished severely for hate crimes, when the law applies.

hrmjustin

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4. Well they claim they were drunk and stoned. I am not sure if they will go with the

Reply to murielm99 (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 11:41 PM

Oct 2013

hate crimes either. There maybe more they are not saying yet.

I completely understand your point and it is a good one. They have confessions so I think pleas will likely come from this.

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