While James Ritts, the district attorney of Ontario County, New York, referred to Nordquist’s death as “beyond depraved,” investigators have since suggested that it likely was not a hate crime.
Oh come the fuck on. He was tortured and sexually assaulted for a month.
Officials then revealed in the statement, obtained Monday by USA TODAY, that the relationship between the suspects and Nordquist suggests it was not a hate crime.
Nordquist and those suspected in his death were known to each other, and all identified as LGBTQ+, authorities said. At least one of the suspects lived with Nordquist before his death, the statement added.
A “hate crime” by most definitions is motivated purely by a prejudice against someone because of their race/gender/sexuality. If the culprits were just doing this because they’re psychotic, it wouldn’t be pursued as a “hate crime”.
“We are still in the early stages of this investigation,” according to a statement. “We urge the community not to speculate into the motive behind the murder as we work to find justice for Sam.”
It sounds like it’s still possible it’ll be tried as a hate crime, but the revelation that the culprits were known to the victim and also identified as LGBTQ+ means there’s likely more to the motive.
I didn’t say anyone “can’t” anything, I’m asking for data. I want to know the statistical likelihood of this crime being hate- motivated, seeing as we may never know for sure if it is or not.
Oh come the fuck on. He was tortured and sexually assaulted for a month.
I’m seriously assuming that something this is is the excuse they’ll come up with
It’s about motive.
A “hate crime” by most definitions is motivated purely by a prejudice against someone because of their race/gender/sexuality. If the culprits were just doing this because they’re psychotic, it wouldn’t be pursued as a “hate crime”.
It sounds like it’s still possible it’ll be tried as a hate crime, but the revelation that the culprits were known to the victim and also identified as LGBTQ+ means there’s likely more to the motive.
LGB drop the T people hate trans people . A cis gay person can totally commit a hate crime against a transgender person.
In theory sure. Is it statistically likely?
Yes? That’s like saying Black people cant be racist against other ethnic groups because they are both minorities (in USA at least).
I didn’t say anyone “can’t” anything, I’m asking for data. I want to know the statistical likelihood of this crime being hate- motivated, seeing as we may never know for sure if it is or not.
Oh ok, i thought you were asking a rhetorical questionquestion.
Yeah but that doesn’t necessarily mean it was a hate crime.