The Real Pandemic in America is Hate Crimes Targeting Blacks
Much has happened since federal hate crime legislation passed out of the U.S House of Representatives two weeks ago. Last week similar legislation, the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act, was introduced on the floor of the U.S. Senate. The bi-partisan legislation, named after hate crime victim Matthew Shepard, would allow the U.S. government to prosecute hate crime violence within areas of federal jurisdiction.
Other things have happened as well. In Washington State, an African-American male was repeatedly hit in the head with a large rock and punched in the face. His crime? Having the nerve to be in the company of a woman who happened to be white. In Connecticut 64-year-old Lawrence Mammone Jr. fired his pistol into a group of black men. Read more
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