In Senate testimony in 2009, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder made it clear there is no equality under the federal hate crimes law, the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act. The hate law promises equal protection from violent hate crimes to all religious people. Yet Holder revealed it really only protects favored religions such as Judaism and Islam. Their adherents won’t be prosecuted under the law even if they commit acts which fulfill the government definition of a hate crime. Christians merit no such protection. Holder indicated that if a Christian commits a bias-motivated crime he will be prosecuted to the full extent of hate crimes law. This can include triple penalties.
The federal hate law, claiming to fight bias, is itself blatantly unequal and discriminatory. (Watch Ted Pike's Holder Admits: No Equality Under Hate Bill)
The Jewish Anti-Defamation League boasts that it is architect of the federal hate law as well as 45 U.S. state hate laws (ADL.org). Over the last year we have seen the federal law enforced to the benefit of some and downfall of others. Consider two strikingly similar cases, one involving “bias-motivated” violence by Christian against Christian and the other by Jew against Jew.
Summary: Orthodox Jewish fundamentalists may commit a violent bias-motivated crime against a fellow Orthodox Jew yet that is not considered a hate crime. Jews, even as criminals motivated by religious hate, are not prosecuted as hate criminals. Rotenberg faced a year of recovery and unemployment following repeated surgery and skin grafts. Yet Holder’s FBI did not consider him the victim of a hate crime. His assailant Spitzer was indicted under civil charges of arson and second-degree murder.
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