Hate Crimes

Today was just like any other day in a small college town named Laramie with a population of 27,000 people. The University of Wyoming is about the only thing happening tonight on this cool evening in October. At a local bar near the campus is where you probably could find most of the young adults in this town. Tonight though, Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson, two good friends would do something never imagined possible in the …

…are currently covered by hate crimes legislation to include gender, sexual orientation, and disability.” Matthew was a passive and kindly person who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. His story is a stark example of a robbery that escalated into a deadly hate crime. In our society, women have also felt ostracized in the business environment. This is a form of discrimination much like the prejudice of many hate crimes.