Biden signs bill making lynching a federal hate crime
Yay, but how was lynching not a federal hate crime already? Forgive my ignorance, but how'd we let this go so long?
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Graylight · 51-55, F
@walabby True, but this causes infinitely more trouble than it does create any real benefit. States' laws only mean inconsistency, jurisdictions, different penalties and interpretations of the same materials. Moreover, lynching in the past has been used as a form of social control (and there were more than 4,000 lynchings between 1882-1968.) They have been a nationwide problem and it's entirely appropriate to deal with them on a federal level.
What this bill will do is provide uniform sanctions, definitions and parameters on the crime. Moreover, it adds the heft that a hate crime brings with it. It's lastly an acknowledgment and the gravity of this kind of crime and statement it makes. It's a line in the sand, and even figuratively, it's badly need here.
What this bill will do is provide uniform sanctions, definitions and parameters on the crime. Moreover, it adds the heft that a hate crime brings with it. It's lastly an acknowledgment and the gravity of this kind of crime and statement it makes. It's a line in the sand, and even figuratively, it's badly need here.