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Every violent crime should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, regardless of what motivated the perpetrator of the crime. This can and should be done under existing civil rights laws as Geoff stated above.
Giving any group of minorities protection under federal hate crime laws gives these groups extra consideration that is not warranted. No crime victim is more important than any other crime victim.
And studies show that hate crime laws do not prevent bias crime.