(1) A person is guilty of ethnic intimidation if that person maliciously, and with specific intent to intimidate or harass another person because of that person's race, color, religion, gender, or national origin, does any of the following: (a) Causes physical contact with another person.

Is ethnic intimidation a crime?

(2) Ethnic intimidation is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 years, or by a fine of not more than $5,000.00, or both. ... In California, making criminal threats is a wobbler and may be charged as either a misdemeanor or a felony under California Penal Code 422.

What is ethnic intimidation North Carolina?

North Carolina doesn't have a law against hate crimes, but the ethnic intimidation charge makes it a misdemeanor to "assault another person, or damage or deface the property of another person, or threaten to do any such act" because of someone's race, color, religion, nationality or country of origin.