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it is possible, usually in addition to other charges that are filed.

example: aggressor attacks an individual

in additional to assault and battery and other charges if there is a pattern or overwhelming evidence that the was a predisposition against or prejudice towards the individual there may be the additional charges for Hate crime...like pornography hard to describe, but you will know it when you see it.

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