“In NYC’s war on crime, hate crimes are totally out of control & therefore we have a wealth of new material. Episodes are also down to 39 minutes.

I also—don’t know if ‘like’ is the right word—appreciate how the main characters are involved in crimes themselves—or at least just fallible humans. Benson is kidnapped and raped. Rollins is a gambling addict with a very messed-up sister she enables. Ice-T’s son’s husband is the victim of a hate crime for being gay…

There is always information that doesn’t come up until the middle of the trial which happens two weeks after the crime while things are being investigated.

I agree, and they’ve done their fair share to illustrate the difficulty of being a victim and the damage reporting can do and that rape isn’t just a woman attacked in an alley. That it’s family members or soccer coaches or your boyfriend.

That’s very likely, but it is worth noting that the landmark Supreme Court case Wisconsin v. Mitchell that upheld the legality of hate crimes legislation based on race was over an anti-white hate crime.

Oh, I’m with your dad on the yelling at the tv. My big bugaboo is how the trials seem to occur within weeks of the crime. Still, they’ve effectively educated a judicially illiterate public (if only subliminally) a lot about crime and justice. SVU in particular has informed and broadened the public discourse on sex…

My dad (a lawyer) and I have faithfully watched all the Law and Orders (mostly so he can yell at the TV: You have to ask a question! That’s leading the witness! which I find funny).

Law & Order: Hate Crimes

So, I think I’m about to get way out of my league here, but haven’t we heard this quite a bit? I have read so many articles about women who are working on a book/movie/play/art who make the statement that women aren’t allowed to embrace their sexuality. However, that they are going to make a big splash with their…

I don’t think that’s a fair criticism, she’s specifically taking about the movies that get produced and get wide releases. I don’t know why you’d think she’s unaware of plays when that’s not what she’s talking about.

Calling it now, within their first season they’re going to stupidly make an ep about an anti-white hate crime. They will face massive public backlash, pull the ep, and then Trump and his propaganda arm will launch an all out campaign against NBC, then CMT or Fox will make a Law and Order: ICE style show.

It says you've been paying attention. People act like trash all the time.

It’s supposed to represent the cup Jesus used during the Last Supper. It’s all here:

Just white Jesus. I want a ticket for when he has his meeting with black Jesus.

I never buy the drunk defense.  If anything being drunk just lets out who you really are.

I see by your username you’re new here, but ... still no excuse. “I was drunk, not racist!” is ... just not going to fly here. Not anywhere, but especially not here.

Hundreds of people showed up to remember Agnes Hicks, but it ended abruptly when someone knocked over and damaged the church’s sacred golden cup

How is your getting indignant over that small sentence helpful, other than as a perfect illustration of that sentence?

It’s helpful because many people don’t realize that white people get really indignant over the smallest of things, especially when it comes to black people and it’s important to point out that white people get really indignant over the smallest of things, especially when it comes to black people because if people…