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Depending on your perspective, there was good news or bad news from the state capitol recently, as lawmakers refused to enhance criminal penalties for hate crimes. The bill’s reference to the broad International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism probably killed it. Certain political and advocacy groups oppose this definition. Additionally, the Georgia Supreme …
According to the FBI, which finally released hate crime statistics for 2021, these infractions increased 22 percent in Georgia. Advocates are even more concerned about a 20 percent decline in the number of agencies that reported these incidents. Religion, sexual orientation, and ethnicity were the most common hate crimes violations in Georgia. Anti-Defamation League Southeast …
Thanks to a new law, the number of hate crimes that went to Georgia courts was up over 500 percent in 2020. The numbers for 2021 are not yet available, much to the chagrin of some advocates. Almost all hate crime charges involve the alleged victim’s ethnicity or race. Sexual orientation and religion hate crimes …
Some groups are clamoring for prosecutors to apply a controversial new law to a spate of massage parlor shootings, but others are not convinced that the law applies. 21-year-old Robert Long allegedly killed eight mostly Asian people at two Atlanta-area massage parlors. Long claimed the attacks were not racially motivated. Cherokee County District Attorney Shannon …
