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?

This page is a permanent link to the reply below and its nested replies. See all post replies »

I think previous presidents have simply ignored the call to make the specific crime of lynching illegal because murder was already illegal.

Diotrephes · 70-79, M

@LordShadowfire They used to put notices in the newspapers for upcoming lynchings so that thousands could attend. Not one person in authority took steps to prevent them.

LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

@Diotrephes I know. I think it should have been a federal offense a hell of a long time ago. I'm just imagining what past presidents, and probably past legislators, probably thought about the matter.

Diotrephes · 70-79, M

@LordShadowfire From January 10, 1925 =
https://www.flickr.com/photos/vieilles_annonces/4890197987/in/album-72157623915774564/