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The moment when the United States Senate agreed unanimously to make lynching a federal crime for the first time. History.
“Literally thousands of African-Americans were being lynched throughout history, and the Senate never stepped up to pass any legislation to stop this heinous, despicable behavior,” Booker told the Times earlier this year..
So you come across something like this and the first thought is that it has to be fake news, someone is trying it on.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lynching-federal-hate-crime_us_5c1b0e46e4b05c88b6f4a952
But no, it appears real.
****ing amazing! The americans have only just got around to making lynching illegal.
So what happened? Did it just come to your realisation that lynching someone is usually a bad idea or is trump getting nervous?
So you come across something like this and the first thought is that it has to be fake news, someone is trying it on.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lynching-federal-hate-crime_us_5c1b0e46e4b05c88b6f4a952
But no, it appears real.
****ing amazing! The americans have only just got around to making lynching illegal.
So what happened? Did it just come to your realisation that lynching someone is usually a bad idea or is trump getting nervous?
So you come across something like this and the first thought is that it has to be fake news, someone is trying it on.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lynching-federal-hate-crime_us_5c1b0e46e4b05c88b6f4a952
But no, it appears real.
****ing amazing! The americans have only just got around to making lynching illegal.
So what happened? Did it just come to your realisation that lynching someone is usually a bad idea or is trump getting nervous?
Finally. A bill that would have criminalized mobs seeking to lynch George Zimmerman for shooting Trayvon Martin in self defence.
So you come across something like this and the first thought is that it has to be fake news, someone is trying it on.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lynching-federal-hate-crime_us_5c1b0e46e4b05c88b6f4a952
But no, it appears real.
****ing amazing! The americans have only just got around to making lynching illegal.
So what happened? Did it just come to your realisation that lynching someone is usually a bad idea or is trump getting nervous?
Red:
Yep...only just now, and at the moment, it hasn't even been passed the House, let alone signed by Trump. So, lynching may yet not become criminal behavior.
You misread the article. Murder is illegal so lynching was already illegal. What this does is turn that particular method of murder into a federal "hate crime".So you come across something like this and the first thought is that it has to be fake news, someone is trying it on.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lynching-federal-hate-crime_us_5c1b0e46e4b05c88b6f4a952
But no, it appears real.
****ing amazing! The americans have only just got around to making lynching illegal.
So what happened? Did it just come to your realisation that lynching someone is usually a bad idea or is trump getting nervous?
The law book gets bigger all of the time as freedom recedes.
So I can lynch my neighbor and not face arrest or prosecution?
So you come across something like this and the first thought is that it has to be fake news, someone is trying it on.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lynching-federal-hate-crime_us_5c1b0e46e4b05c88b6f4a952
But no, it appears real.
****ing amazing! The americans have only just got around to making lynching illegal.
So what happened? Did it just come to your realisation that lynching someone is usually a bad idea or is trump getting nervous?
:roll: lynching has always been illegal. This bill is just to add it by name to the code. I’m not sure what the purpose of this is other than to create tension.
Between 1882 and 1968, more than 4,000 African-American men, women and children were lynched according to data from the Equal Justice Initiative, a nonprofit legal advocacy group. But 99% of those responsible for the lynchings escaped prosecution or punishment by state or local officials.
The law book gets bigger all of the time as freedom recedes.
So you come across something like this and the first thought is that it has to be fake news, someone is trying it on.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lynching-federal-hate-crime_us_5c1b0e46e4b05c88b6f4a952
But no, it appears real.
****ing amazing! The americans have only just got around to making lynching illegal.
So what happened? Did it just come to your realisation that lynching someone is usually a bad idea or is trump getting nervous?
How about the purpose is to bring justice instead of hate to the systems.
I would suggest your comment is disingenuous to state that lynching is illegal when
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/06/30/politics/us-senators-anti-lynching-bill-federal-crime/index.html
So you come across something like this and the first thought is that it has to be fake news, someone is trying it on.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lynching-federal-hate-crime_us_5c1b0e46e4b05c88b6f4a952
But no, it appears real.
****ing amazing! The americans have only just got around to making lynching illegal.
So what happened? Did it just come to your realisation that lynching someone is usually a bad idea or is trump getting nervous?
That the bill passed unanimously is absolutely no surprise. After all, the electoral chances of anyone who voted AGAINST making lynching illegal would be slightly lower than the electoral chances of three day old road kill - except in REALLY solid "Red" or "Blue" areas.
That would depend on whether you committed some other crime in the course of lynching your neighbor.
So you come across something like this and the first thought is that it has to be fake news, someone is trying it on.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lynching-federal-hate-crime_us_5c1b0e46e4b05c88b6f4a952
But no, it appears real.
****ing amazing! The americans have only just got around to making lynching illegal.
So what happened? Did it just come to your realisation that lynching someone is usually a bad idea or is trump getting nervous?
The law book gets bigger all of the time as freedom recedes.
Hawkeye is really concerned about his eroding freedom to murder people.
Liberals are relieved that murder is finally illegal.
The keyword is it is now considered a "federal" crime meaning the crime is taken out of the hands of local governments.
Just another unnecessary power grab compliments of Uncle Sam.
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