July 06, 2005

Here's a Hate Crime You Won't Be Reading About

From the AP:

WHITE PLAINS, NY--A homeless ex-convict accused of killing a 56-year-old woman in a parking garage near a suburban mall told police that he was fighting a race war and killed her because she was white.

The man, Phillip Grant, 43, appeared at a court hearing Tuesday in shackles and a bulletproof vest. In a 45-minute videotape played during the hearing, Grant told police, "All I knew was she had blond hair and blue eyes and she had to die."

Grant, who is black, claimed Connie Russo-Carriero "was not an innocent victim - because she was white."

No word on whether or not this has been termed a "hate crime." Oh, silly me...what am I thinking? She was white, so she probably deserved it, right?

He'll probably enter a "not guilty by reason of insanity" plea. And the jury will probably buy it.

American justice in action...or is that inaction?

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