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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Diotrephes · 70-79, M

The view from January, 1934 =
https://www.flickr.com/photos/vieilles_annonces/5044060775/in/album-72157624428147638/

Graylight · 51-55, F

@Diotrephes The Emmett Till Antilynching Act, making lynching a federal hate crime for the first time in American history. Efforts to outlaw lynching have failed in Congress more than 200 times since the start of the last century.
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