I chose to read about "Hate Crimes and Violence against People Experiencing Homelessness" because I know a lt of homeless people get torutred by others. I know some people who have fought a homeless person just because they felt like it or they were bored. I wanted to learn more about what made people want to bother people who are already at tehir lowest point and can't do anything to help themselves. I learned that a hate crime is "a crime in which the defendant intentionally selects a victim... because of the actual or percieved race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, or sexual orientation of any person." The crimes are usually done by individuals and not a group of people. The type of people that assault homeless people are "thrill seekers" who want to take
... read more