George is assaulted late at night by a group of men. george survives and tells the police officer that he can remember the men s
houting racial slurs at him during the assault. the latter is an example of ____________ crime. a. civil b. hate c. damage d. homicide please select the best answer from the choices provided a b c d
First, we can eliminate some answers. We know it is not D, because nobody was murdered. We also know it is not C, because no property was damaged. This leaves us with A and B. A hate crime is "a crime motivated by prejudice on the basis of race, religion, sexual orientation, or other grounds." A civil crime is "behavior that constitutes an injury to an individual or other private party" such as breach of contract, negligence, defamation and property damage. Since the men shouted racial slurs at him, that defines it as being a hate crime.
