If I were basing this answer simply on the question 'Is it ever the victim's fault?' I would say nothing is so dang black and white.
I've been too many court proceedings to say anything different. For instance, my brother and ex-sister-in-law had a ridiculous marriage that went to hell in a hand-basket after six or seven years. She had a chronic jealously complex and he was simply apathetic. She screamed at him, threw things at him, and hit him. But when he put his hand on her throat to keep her leaving the house at night with one of the kids in her arms, she scurried off to the police with strangulation charge. (Because Idaho law has a broad field on what strangulation might be...even if you don't squeeze) The verdict was 11-1 not guilty and it ended in a mistrial, but her cronies are still going around saying he's an abusive husband and are trying to keep him from equal visitation rights. So who is the victim?
ANYWAYS, based off the OP, I personally think we've lost a lot of our self-preservation instincts in politics. Oh, and common sense. It's advisable not to drink the tap water in certain places in Central America. But if you do and you get sick, is it your fault, having known full well there are nasty unseen things in the water? Or is it the waters fault? Or is it the country's fault for not having nicer water?
I guess I just think nothing is all that cut and dry. Politically, hate crimes are shouted about and ridiculed and condemned. But that doesn't necessarily mean that the victim is as innocent as they are portrayed or portray themselves to be. :/
I find it hard to believe there's anywhere populated by humans where crime isn't a regular occurrence. /negative