Nicholas Goldberg: We rarely prosecute bigots and racists who spew hate speech. And rightly so

In March, a woman dressed all in black like a Nazi SS officer and wearing a swastika armband got into an altercation with several local residents of Laguna Woods, California.

They tried to get her to remove the armband and she began shouting antisemitic comments. The Orange County Sheriff's Department, which was at the scene, recommended to the district attorney's office that she be charged with several crimes.

But nothing happened. For weeks and then months, officials at the D.A'.s office told me they were still reviewing the case. Finally when I asked last week, a spokeswoman acknowledged that