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Can people be charged for hate crimes on Facebook Memorial Pages? - Chap - 10-15-2012 08:04 PM
A friend of mine recently passed away and he was made a memorial page on Facebook. However, recently, on the page, people have been making accounts (but some have just been using their main accounts) to bad mouth my friend and use racial slurs and other disrespectful statements to try and be as annoying and mean as possible. Can these people be accused of hate crimes ?
- Possum - 10-15-2012 08:13 PM
No. Talking about someone, even a dead person, isn't a crime.
- Legio XVII - 10-15-2012 08:13 PM
No, it's disrespectful and mean, but not illegal.