Bullying Now A Hate Crime?

I'm a bit torn on this story. I was the victim of bullying - teasing - when I was in high school. I won't go into details but it pretty much ruined by life for about 5 years.

So the girl and the boy in this case certainly deserve to be punished. But to be charged with a "hate crime?" I'd bet anything that this girl probably bullied everyone in her class - everyone "vulnerable" anyway. Not so much a hate crime but a bitch of a girl.

The point Rush is making of course is that a kindergarten teacher can send death threats to 15 politicians, and nothing happens to her. But a 13 year old bullies a Muslim - she's going to go to juvenile lockup for a while.

RUSH: "A13-year-old girl has been arrested on hate crime charges and is accused of helping bully and attack a Muslim girl at their New York City middle school." This was over Happy Meals, I guess. "The girl and a 12-year-old boy who was arrested last week were arraigned in family court Tuesday on charges of attempted robbery and third-degree assault as a hate crime. Both were charged as juveniles and were in the custody of the Administration for Children's Services. Authorities say the two bullied and tormented a 13-year-old Muslim girl at the school in the borough of Staten Island, calling her a terrorist and trying to steal from her. They say the abuse culminated with the two trying to rip off her head scarf."

So a 12-year-old and a 13-year-old called someone names, tried to take her lunch money and tried to pull off her scarf, and they are facing 18 months in jail. Meanwhile, the kindergarten teacher who has reportedly admitted to sending death threats to 15 Republican state senators in Wisconsin has yet to be arrested, or even -- (interruption) you haven't heard about this? It makes my point even more. It hadn't even been reported on outside of Wisconsin. A kindergarten teacher admitted sending death threats to 15 Republican senators during the time the Democrat senators split and went to the border of Illinois. She's yet to be arrested, yet to be charged. I kid you not.

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