Lots of ACAB'ers here. Like you said, it's more likely the cops acted to defend themselves and protect the lives of others. If less lethal options didn't work or weren't practical given the situation, they did what they had to do. But many/most want to jump to the less likely scenario.

>Don't call the cops when you can talk someone down

So why didn't anyone?

Mental illness isn't curable by just talking to someone. Especially in a crisis. Nothing like other people in this thread vilifying the cops for doing what they're trained to do.

Plan your New Year's Eve celebration and set your clock back 12 hours.

No one here is harassing you from what I can see. Not even the user that you claimed was attacking you. You've posted something that people find objectionable and they're calling you out on it. That's something that's going to happen on a public forum like this.

>it's obvious that hiring someone who understands and respects me would be safer for me

Sounds heterophobic. This is the same type of thinking that the pride movement was meant to undo, you're just pointing it in the opposite direction. Can't you see that?

> let people live their happy authentic lives

You're openly unwilling to hire a lot of people that are just living their authentic lives.

Bigotry is bigotry.

It's pretty great, not going to lie. I hate shoveling snow.

They could, but I would demand payment in bacon.

Power didn't go out, but it flickered around the time this thread was posted. Hit the road to get breakfast and saw a set of traffic signals showing solid green and flashing yellow at the same time. Second time I've seen signals show impossible combinations in Nashua, thought they were supposed to have failsafes to not do that.

To find more people to be insufferable to.

Would depend on the town, not the state.

You think communities aren't intimidated by other types of crime? FFS, in nearly every thread that comes up in this sub from someone looking to move to NH, people warn against Manchester in significant part due to crime. Does that make those crimes a higher class of offense?

Who is using bigotry to excuse charges? If that's happening, that's something that should be addressed. The answer isn't to inflate charges, the answer is to correct whatever has gone wrong so that the proper charges aren't being laid.

Where did I say they should be ignored?

You're talking about genocides, I'm talking about our justice system and how we deal with criminal matters. This is why names matter. You've dragged actual Nazis into this even though that war is long over. It's 2022, this is a discussion about an article about crime statistics in NH.

Do we have a genocide of millions going on within our borders? I'm talking about present-day, domestic stuff that would be tried through the courts. What the heck are you going on about?

You're trying to have it both ways. You say it's a "worse crime" but that one shouldn't be treated "less severely". Which is it? Who's to say someone in a non-protected class hasn't had a worse life than a victim that was part of one?

I still don't see the logic or benefit to society in treating one as a more serious crime than the other. The acts committed are the crime. A victim shouldn't be seen as less of a victim because of who they are.

What?

Is it any different than a violent street gang or a serious drug operation? Should a group like MS13 be treated less serious because they're not targeting a protected class, but a bunch of LARPers calling themselves neo-Nazis should be treated harsher? How does that benefit society? Why should justice not be blind in that kind of scenario?

You're ignoring the larger point and focusing on the minor. Justice should be blind, we should all be protected equally. If you just want to argue with me specifically and ignore the article, then piss off.

There are no Nazis in the streets. They were all defeated. What you're witnessing is a bunch of smooth brains that can't describe a problem without resorting to calling someone or a group of people the worst possible name they can think of, or in reverse, a group of smooth brains that want to seem tougher than they are calling themselves the worst possible name they can think of. The proper term would be "neo-Nazi", but still.. you seriously think they're out doing work for the fuhrer, or are they just a group of thugs?

>You're the one who went out of your way to try to blindly defend criminals.

I'm defending victims. Crimes committed against someone shouldn't matter less because they're not the right type of victim.

> Nazis in the streets of NH is not a direction I'm excited about.

You'll be happy to know that we won WWII.

Yea, I added more details after checking the links. Doesn't change the fact that the NPR article didn't go into details. Sorry for providing more information, must have ruined your day.

Just like NPR, pointless blather with nothing of consequence.

What an absolutely useless article. You'd think with so few actual crimes, they could list them out or something, provide some context. But no, number is up. Nothing about severity or anything like that. Could be 34 instances of graffiti targeting a "protected class" for all that article shows.

Never change, NPR.

Actually.. at least they linked it:

Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property:  16

Intimidation:  13

Simple Assault:  6

Aggravated Assault:  1

All Other Larceny:  0

Mostly minor stuff. I really dislike the "hate crime" concept. Shouldn't matter who you assault or intimidate or what-not, justice is supposed to be blind.

If it keeps the weather out, it's fine.