Since 1999, More Than A Thousand Homeless People Have Been Victims Of Violent Hate Crimes

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/12/20/3079971/homeless-violence/#

John Berry, 64, a Vietnam veteran who lived without a home in Anaheim. Stabbed to death. Billy Rajah Jr., 47, a Salinas man living on the streets. Ran over by a man who decided that once wasn’t enough, so he ran over Rajah again, killing him. Pedro Ramos, 32, homeless in Houston. A group of teenagers shot him and took his wallet. He had $1.

The victims’ crimes: being poor.