The Senate Passes Anti-Lynching Bill

The Senate has passed an Anti Lynching Bill after multiple failed attempts. I didn't even know this is still a thing, I mean I thought Lynching was outlawed ages ago.....? Lynching is just now, as of today, an actual Federal Hate Crime as recognized by the Senate in the Emmit Till Anti-Lynching Act:

Emmett Till
Emmett Louis Till was a 14-year-old African American who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, after being accused of offending a white woman in her family's grocery store. The brutality of his murder and the fact that his killers were acquitted drew attention to the long history of violent persecution of African Americans in the United States. Wikipedia

WASHINGTON — Congress gave final approval Monday to legislation that for the first time would make lynching a federal hate crime in the U.S., sending the bill to President Joe Biden to sign into law.

Years in the making, the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act is among some 200 bills that have been introduced over the past century that have tried to ban lynching in America.

It is named for the Black teenager whose brutal killing in Mississippi in 1955 — and his mother's insistence on a open funeral casket to show the world what had been done to her child — became a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights era.

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"After more than 200 failed attempts to outlaw lynching, Congress is finally succeeding in taking a long overdue action by passing the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act," said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.

Wow ATS, I thought this was handled in the Civil Rights Era but I guess not. Makes me wonder.....what kind of Intel has Congress received that makes now an appropriate time to sign this into law after so many failed attempts over the years.....? Something to do with January 6...? What says ATS?

www.npr.org...

a reply to: lostbook

Interestingly if the nation goes civil war even guillotines will be just fine, soo the anti-lynching is nothing but a gesture of "we care"

Congress and our government does not have anything better to do this days I guess or that is what they think.

a reply to: lostbook

Thanks Jussie and Kamala

Time well spent by America’s taxpayer funded luxury retirement home that masquerades as a legislature.

Not like there are multiple, major ongoing crisises that would require urgent attention, both domestically and abroad.

a reply to: marg6043

Even so, at least it's on the books now.

originally posted by: carewemust
a reply to: lostbook

Thanks Jussie and Kamala

This isn't about your political enemies, this is about justice for a 14 yr old boy who was shot, beaten, and lynched for an apparent insult to a White woman in Mississippi in 1955.

originally posted by: Ohanka
Time well spent by America’s taxpayer funded luxury retirement home that masquerades as a legislature.

Not like there are multiple, major ongoing crisises that would require urgent attention, both domestically and abroad.

The timing is a little weird but that doesn't make this event any less important....

a reply to: lostbook

Lynching was common in the wild west and many children and women were killed in this matter too. Is many laws in the books that have been obsolete for decades and should have been removed a long time ago.

Like Virginia marrying laws.

a reply to: lostbook

I dunno, i’m pretty sure murder is already illegal, and by extension so is lynching.

This sort of thing is just so they can applaud themselves by saying how much good they did when in reality they did nothing at all.

a reply to: lostbook

Glad to see congress doing things that are of value to the American people.

a reply to: lostbook

The term "lynching" as used in this bill is not limited to hanging someone with a rope. As I read it, "lynching" is defined as any time a racially motivated hate crime results in death or serious bodily injury to the victim.

www.congress.gov...

originally posted by: 1947boomer
a reply to: lostbook

The term "lynching" as used in this bill is not limited to hanging someone with a rope. As I read it, "lynching" is defined as any time a racially motivated hate crime results in death or serious bodily injury to the victim.

www.congress.gov...

So for instance, Darrell Brooks Jr, who deliberately drove a vehicle into a crowd of mostly white people, can be charged with lynching?

What about the recent spate of attacks on Asians?

It sounds like we're upping the penalty for racially motivated assault. I guess desperate times call for desperate measures.

originally posted by: lostbook
a reply to: marg6043

Even so, at least it's on the books now.

Not until Biden signs it into law.

So, if you've got somebody you've been meaning to lynch, but haven't gotten around to it yet, your window of opportunity is passing. Don't wait, do it while lynching is still legal. Otherwise, you could be convicted of another crime in addition to the first degree murder charges. You wouldn't want that on your record when you're on death row.

originally posted by: lostbook

originally posted by: carewemust
a reply to: lostbook

Thanks Jussie and Kamala

This isn't about your political enemies, this is about justice for a 14 yr old boy who was shot, beaten, and lynched for an apparent insult to a White woman in Mississippi in 1955.

Actually, Jussie Smollet faked a lynching hoax in Chicago, at the exact time that his good friend Kamala Harris was trying to pass an anti-lynching bill. Coincidence I'm sure.

newsone.com...

a reply to: marg6043

Lynching was used all over but for this bill in particular it speaks to Lynching in the South which was used to punish and/or intimidate blacks. That's why this bill is particularly named for Emmit Till, a 14 yr old boy who was brutally beaten, shot, and Lynched by Whites in 1955.

originally posted by: 1947boomer
a reply to: lostbook

The term "lynching" as used in this bill is not limited to hanging someone with a rope. As I read it, "lynching" is defined as any time a racially motivated hate crime results in death or serious bodily injury to the victim.

www.congress.gov...

As stated by others, will individuals such as the Waukesha parade terrorist, who posted BLM and anti-white social media posts, be charged with these hate crimes? It sure seems these concepts are selectively applied, most of the time.

nypost.com...

When the Public learn the whole truth .........

This is a self defense piece of legislation, nothing more, nothing less.

They are quivering in their boots.

This is their projection shinning through for all to see.

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originally posted by: lostbook
a reply to: marg6043

Lynching was used all over but for this bill in particular it speaks to Lynching in the South which was used to punish and/or intimidate blacks. That's why this bill is particularly named for Emmit Till, a 14 yr old boy who was brutally beaten, shot, and Lynched by Whites in 1955.

I am against any discrimination and oppression, including based on race. Did you know that black on white violent crime is much higher than the reverse, including gross numbers and as a function of per capita? This doesn't excuse either, but it often seems these narratives at least today do not match the data. Similarly, black-on-other-racial group violence, per the FBI/DOJ, is overrepresentative compared to other racial groups, including white people.

Virtue signaling, just like hate crime laws.

Its doesnt get anything done faster, you can only kill someone one time.

I just paid 30 bucks for 6.5 gallons of gas, I live within 200 miles of the ass end of the supply chain, I am trying to figure out how in the heck I will continue to care for my family.

This virtue signaling garbage is a waste of time and man hours.

So was lynching legal somewhere that we needed a federal law? I thought murder was illegal in all states and the racial stuff was already covered by hate crime laws. When was the last recorded lynching and I'm not talking Juicy's noose that was made of twine.