Sentences with phrase «hate crimes law»

Also, can the federal hate crime laws apply, because he advocates targeting based on the specific race that he mentioned?

Gay people must not be included in existing hate crimes laws.

I would say for the most part, yes hate crime laws are pretty BS.

He has been a vocal opponent of LGBT rights who blocked equal - marriage legislation and sought to remove LGBT victims from the country's listed hate crimes laws.

It also strengthens existing hate crimes laws for a variety of other categories, including race, color, religion, national origin and ethnicity.

The legislation expands current federal hate crimes law to include violence based on a victim's gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.

In a show of unity during a legislative session when consensus on major issues has been difficult to reach, Democrats and Republicans in the state Senate joined together Tuesday to pass what they say is the strongest hate crime law in the nation.The bill,...

«New York state has some of the strongest hate crimes laws in the nation,» said Michael Snow, assistant director of the Anti-Defamation League New York region.

A report of its ad hoc committee also called for the passing of hate crime laws by South Africa and Nigeria as part of measures to contain the rising cases of xenophobic attacks on Nigerians living in South Africa.

Are you talking about enforcing Hate Crime laws?

You might be able to go into public with a microphone and start yelling racial epithets, but right as you committ a crime, any crime, hate crime laws come into effect that will make the punishment much more severe.

You are right the anti-hate speech laws violate the principles of freedom of expression, however we still do enforce our own hate crime laws, which I'm happy to say are doing a solid job.

In my eyes a crime is a crime, regardless of motivation and hate crime laws urinate all over «All men are created equal».

On how to criminalise such attacks, the parties agreed to «evolves legislative instruments such as hate crime laws to promote tenets of solidarity, support and protection for Nigerians living in (The Diaspora) towards finding lasting solutions to the crisis in South Africa and other similar cases.»

The expanded federal hate crimes law now goes to President Barack Obama's desk.

On Tuesday, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled that the state's hate crime law does not cover anti-gay assaults or any crime Facebook's leaked rules on censoring hate speech protect «white men» but not «black children»

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New York Comptroller Tom DiNapoli says he will audit the state's reporting of hate crime laws.

Attributing its movement to the recently passed federal hate crimes law, the Oklahoma City school district amended its policies to protect LGBT students from bullying and harassment:

Not only can I not marry my partner, but I can be evicted and fired for being gay in this state and there are no hate crime laws on the books in this state protecting gays and lesbians (and until October 28, 2009 there were none on a federal level either).

Such groups have claimed that federal hate crimes laws will silence preachers, ignoring those laws» robust protections for free speech and religious expression, as well as the experience in the many states with such protections already in place.

The hate crime laws were made to protect minorities not whites.

If he exhorts his psychotic minions to go and kill gay folks, then he could be brought up on hate crime laws.

Well in the hate crime laws there is also restriction of speech and puts one class of citizen above another what about that?

Hate crime laws are just white guilt.

Cuomo has named many other items he'd like to see addressed, including strengthening the state's hate crimes law, in the wake of bias related crimes since the election of Donald Trump as president.

In an article about the future of litigation against «Don't Ask, Don't Tell,» Aubrey Sarvis, executive director of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, was quoted last week in Politico as suggesting the administration's defense of the law in court would allow the federal hate crimes law to stay on the books.

During a CapTon interview in his Capitol office yesterday, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie declined to immediately sign off on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's so - called «Charlotteville provisions» that would change the state's hate crimes law in response to the violence in Virginia last weekend.

But the governor is still pushing for changes to the state's hate crimes laws to protect more people after a rise in bias - related incidents after the election of Donald Trump.

BY DUNCAN OSBORNE As she was discussing crime and the extent to which New York City residents feel safe in the city, Nicole Malliotakis, the presumptive Republican candidate for mayor and a member of the State Assembly since 2011, was asked about her continuing opposition to the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA), which would add gender identity as a protected class to New York's human rights law, hate crimes law, and other statutes.

The governor also wants to expand the state's hate crimes laws to offer more protection to New Yorkers who are victims in the increased number of bias related incidents since the election of Donald Trump as president.

And New York State Senator Brad Hoylman announced there would be a public forum on June 14 at the Senate Hearing Room «to assess the efficacy of New York State's Hate Crimes Law, how state and local government agencies are implementing and enforcing the Law, and whether amendments should be considered to expand the data collection, statistical reporting, law enforcement training requirements and / or otherwise further the Law's goals.»

They include ethics reforms, amending the state's hate crimes laws and a pay raise for legislators.

A bulletin sent Thursday from Schneiderman's office to all New York law enforcement offices outlines New York's hate crimes law and stresses the need to identify and investigate all cases.

He says he's in agreement that lawmakers should get a modest pay raise, but says he wants other items finished as well, including freeing up $ 1 billion more to help the homeless and the expansion of the state's hate crimes law, and the State Police authority to enforce them.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office announced Tuesday he will introduce legislation that would add rioting and inciting to riot that target specific protected classes to offenses under the state's hate crime laws.

Howie Katz Dogged Fighter for Hate Crimes Protections During a career where he's held senior posts in LGBTQ and Jewish community groups and on staff for top elected officials — most prominently, Governor David Paterson — Howie Katz played the lead role in mobilizing community and political support for New York's hate crimes law.

uring a career where he's held senior posts in LGBTQ and Jewish community groups and on staff for top elected officials — most prominently, Governor David Paterson — Howie Katz played the lead role in mobilizing community and political support for New York's hate crimes law.

His office has sent a bulletin to law enforcement offices across the state outlining New York's hate crime law and stressing the need for law enforcement to identify possible hate crimes, as well as guidance in civil rights law.

The governor also wants to expand the state's hate crimes laws to offer more protection to New Yorkers who are victims in the increased number of bias - related incidents since the election of Donald Trump as president.

In fact after said case Rockland District Attorney Thomas Zugibe explained that according to New York State Law, «Hate crime laws are not about hate.»

They include ethics reforms, amending the state's hate crimes laws, and, a pay raise.

For that matter, hate crime laws are unnecessary.

Cuomo has named many other items he'd like to see addressed, including strengthening the state's hate crimes law in the wake of bias - related crimes since Donald Trump was elected president.

Cuomo has named many other items he'd like to see addressed, including strengthening the state's hate crimes law, in the wake of bias - related crimes since the election of Donald Trump as president.

He says he's in agreement that lawmakers should get a modest pay raise but says he wants other items finished as well, including freeing up $ 1 billion more dollars to help the homeless and the expansion of the state's hate crimes law, and the state police authority to enforce them.

Gang member who killed transgender woman he was dating is first to be sentenced under federal hate crime law.

If passed into law the Bill would amend the Canadian Human Rights Act to include «gender identity» as one of the prohibited grounds of discrimination and would change the Criminal Code to similarly add gender identity under Canada's hate crimes laws.