hate crime
the mistaken belief that crimes committed against special interest groups (e.g. homosexuals, ethnic minorities etc) are somehow worse than the same crimes committed against anybody else, and therefore should be punished more severely. Another example of the insanity of political correctness.
Example:
I punched him in self-defence because he tried to molest me; now he's calling it a hate crime!
I punched him in self-defence because he tried to molest me; now he's calling it a hate crime!