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A hate incident is any non-criminal act, including words, directed against a person(s) based on that person(s) actual or perceived race, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, disability or gender.
Hate incidents include, but are not limited to, epithets, distribution of hate material that does not result in property damage, and the display of offensive material on one’s own property.
Not all incidents of hatred are crimes. Verbal name calling, although offensive, is not a crime. For this to be a crime, it must be accompanied by a viable threat of violence and ability to carry the threat out. In order to categorize this as a hate crime, the crime committed against the victim, must be in whole or in part prejudiced-based.
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A hate crime is any criminal act or attempted criminal act directed against a person(s), public agency, or private institution based on a victim’s actual or perceived race, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, disability or gender.
A hate crime includes an act that results in: injury, however slight; a verbal threat of violence that can apparently be carried out; an act that results in property damage; and/or criminal acts directed against a public or private agency.
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