Jacob Fischler, Florida Phoenix The U.S. House is considering a bill that would put lynching sites in western Tennessee on track to become part of the National Park Service, part of a trend this year of Congress using the agency to advance discussions of the nation’s troubled and often violent …
Read More »Biden Signs Bill Making Lynching A Federal Hate Crime
On Tuesday, President Joe Biden signed into law the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, legislation that makes lynching a federal hate crime. “Lynching was pure terror to enforce the lie that not everyone … belongs in America, not everyone is created equal,” President Biden said during a ceremony at the White …
Read More »Maryland Governor Posthumously Pardons 34 Lynching Victims
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan today issued a full posthumous pardon for 34 victims of racial lynching. The lynchings occurred in Maryland between 1854 and 1933. Hogan issued the pardons on the basis that the extrajudicial killings “violated fundamental rights to due process and equal protection of the law.” It is …
Read More »Sen. Tim Scott Hopes To Introduce Police Reform Bill In Next Two Weeks
Republican Senator Tim Scott says that he will be finished drafting a proposal for a policing reform bill in the next two weeks. “I think we are on the verge of wrapping this up in the next week, depending on how quickly they respond to our suggestions,” Scott said. Scott …
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