Jacksonville City Council holding community meeting on new hate crime bill
Jacksonville City Council wants to know how the community feels about a new push to crack down on hate crimes. The Jacksonville City Council is holding a community meeting to discuss a proposed hate crime bill. The bill aims to increase penalties for hate crimes and would increase fines and jail time for certain crimes committed with the intent of sending a hateful message to a protected group. It cites the presence of Nazi flags and local incidents of anti-Semitic fliers as the reason for the bill. Councilman Jimmy Peluso, one of the six local leaders sponsoring the legislation, argues it is in response to concerns raised by his constituents following the racist Dollar General mass shooting.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville City Council wants to know how the community feels about a new push to crack down on hate crimes.
The proposed local legislation is aimed at increasing penalties for hate crimes. Councilman Jimmy Peluso is one of 6 local leaders sponsoring the legislation.
The new bill would raise fines and jail times for certain hate crimes when it’s determined they were committed with the intent of sending a hateful message to a protected group. It cites the presence of Nazi flags, like the one seen outside of a business last week, and several local incidents of anti-Semitic projections and fliers plaguing the city in recent years as the reasoning behind the bill.
If certain violations are committed with the primary purpose of expressing or promoting animosity, hostility or malice against a protected group, fines and jail time could be tripled.
The public meeting on the bill is scheduled to start at 3 p.m. this afternoon at City Hall.
Councilman Jimmy Peluso argues his bill is a direct response to concerns raised by his constituents after the racist Dollar General mass shooting.
At the New Town store in August, Angela Carr, Anolt “AJ” Laguerre Jr. and Jerrald Gallion were all killed. The suspect then turned the gun on himself.
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Topik: Crime