Hate Crime Legislation

Amidst all the jive about guns and capitalism and all those funny people breaking each others bones over a sliver of sand, I think we should get down with THIS issue.
     Now, I've seen that South Park episode where the kids had the presentation on how most violent crimes were hate crimes and reverese racism and yada yada. That is the typical 'common-sensical' jazz I've heard before. I want a factual debate on this. We can at least try. What do you think? Philosophical debate is good, factual argumentation and examples of causality are preferable.

>>3 Well, that is a philosophical viewpoint. What of any empirical argumentation for or against?
>>2 Don't try to turn my question into a single monochrome desire to enforce an impossible doctrine. Chill.