A hate crime is a traditional offense that is motivated by bias. A person commits a hate crime when one of a specified set of crimes is committed targeting a victim because of a perception or belief regarding the race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, gender identity or expression, religion, religious practice, age, disability or sexual orientation of a person regardless of whether the belief or perception is correct.” These crimes can target an individual, a group of individuals or public or private property.
These crimes fall under the hate crimes statute:
First-degree assault
Second-degree assault
Third-degree assault
Aggravated assault upon a person less than eleven years old
First-degree menacing
Second-degree menacing
Third-degree menacing
First-degree reckless endangerment
Second-degree reckless endangerment
Second-degree strangulation
First-degree strangulation
Second-degree manslaughter, subdivision one
First-degree manslaughter subdivision one, two or four
Second-degree murder
Fourth-degree stalking
Third-degree stalking
Second-degree stalking
First-degree stalking
First-degree rape, subdivision one
First degree criminal sexual act, subdivision one
First degree sexual abuse, subdivision one
First-degree aggravated sexual abuse, subdivision one, paragraph (a)
Second degree aggravated sexual abuse, subdivision one, paragraph (a)
First-degree unlawful imprisonment
Second-degree unlawful imprisonment
First-degree kidnapping
Second-degree kidnapping
First-degree coercion
Second-degree coercion
First-degree criminal trespass
Second-degree criminal trespass
Third-degree criminal trespass
First-degree burglary
Second-degree burglary
Third-degree burglary
First-degree criminal mischief
Second-degree criminal mischief
Third-degree criminal mischief
Fourth-degree criminal mischief
First-degree arson
Second-degree arson
Third-degree arson
Fourth-degree arson
First-degree grand larceny
Second-degree grand larceny
Third-degree grand larceny
Fourth-degree grand larceny
Petit larceny
First-degree robbery
Second-degree robbery
Third-degree robbery
First-degree harassment
Second-degree aggravated harassment, subdivision one, two or four
Coercion in the third degree
Soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism in the second degree
Soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism in the first degree
Making a terroristic threat
Crime of terrorism
Hindering prosecution of terrorism in the second degree
Hindering prosecution of terrorism in the first degree
Criminal possession of a chemical or biological weapon in the third degree
Criminal possession of a chemical or biological weapon in the second degree
Criminal possession of a chemical or biological weapon in the first degree