(Image: Jewish Journal) A report from Los Angeles County (California) shows that Jews were the largest target (72%) of religious hate crimes in 2017. 15% were against Christians while only 12% were perpetrated against Muslims which also were far too many as far as we are concerned. This runs counter to the current media […]
Today the House passed H.R. 1913 -The “Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act” by a 249-to-175 vote. The bill would add gender, gender identity, and sexual orientation to the list of protected categories under federal hate crimes law. A companion bill has already been introduced in the Senate. I posted on the bill and […]
U.S. Representative, Barney Frank, announced last Thursday that the House Judiciary Committee will be considering hate crimes legislation, H.R. 1913, this week. Now we know that the actual committee vote will be on Wednesday April 22. Frank is expecting the committee to pass the bill then it will be up for consideration and a vote […]
