Hate Crime in Colorado: To What Extent It Is?
A hate crime is a threat or an act of intimidation, harassment, or physical force that is motivated by bias against a person or group based on their actual or perceived race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, and physical or mental disability. In Colorado, there are both federal and state laws that protect victims of hate crimes. It categorized hate crimes as “bias-motivated harassment” and “bias-motivated crime.” A person commits a bias-motivated crime if, with the intent to intimidate or harass another person because of that person’s actual or perceived race, color,