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Should hate crime laws be amended to include the homeless as a protected class?

I think that any crime that is perpetrated against someone because of their status, personal beliefs or something as ridiculous at their living arrangements should be punished severely. If making that offense a hate crime increases the seriousness of the penalty, then yes, it should be categorized as a hate crime. Attacks on homeless individuals has increased at an alarming rate in the US - attacking someone who chooses to live outside of a structure, who doesn't have the protection and capacity to escape an attack, is egregious. Homeless individuals are sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives and most importantly, are people with the same rights to live safely and without the fear of violence being perpetrated against them simply because they have chosen to live non-traditionally.

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