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The House on Tuesday passed a Senate bill with a 364 to 62 vote to address the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The legislation, which the Senate passed in a 94-1 vote last month, directs the Department of Justice to expedite the review of Covid-related hate crimes that were reported to law enforcement agencies and help them establish ways to report such incidents online and perform public outreach.
The bill, which Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, introduced in March alongside Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., also directs the attorney general and the Department of Health and Human Services to issue best-practices guidance on how to mitigate racially discriminatory language in describing the pandemic.
The legislation, which the Senate passed in a 94-1 vote last month, directs the Department of Justice to expedite the review of Covid-related hate crimes that were reported to law enforcement agencies and help them establish ways to report such incidents online and perform public outreach.
The bill, which Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, introduced in March alongside Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., also directs the attorney general and the Department of Health and Human Services to issue best-practices guidance on how to mitigate racially discriminatory language in describing the pandemic.
House passes anti-Asian hate crimes bill
Posted from nbcnews.com
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Racism
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I know this will be unpopular but enacting s new law (hate crimes) against an action that is already against the law is sort of like saying we will have to execute someone twice because the murder they committed furled by hate, or maybe giving someone 2 life sentences instead of one. No I know some legal beagle will day a person could get out of jail with a life sentence. I could only submit that is just plain wrong. MHO
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SP5 Dennis Loberger
I don't disagree. A crime is a crime, is a crime, is a crime. I do think hate can be an aggravating consideration in sentencing
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Shouldn't a hate crime against anyone be illegal?
Thus the word 'crime' which used to be what the term "Justice is blind" stood for.
Thus the word 'crime' which used to be what the term "Justice is blind" stood for.
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