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Attorney General calls for new hate crime law

June 18th, 2009

Eric Holder, AP photo from CBS News From the Associated Press/CBS News:

Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday that recent killings demonstrate the need for a tougher U.S. hate crimes law.

Holder said recent attacks that killed a soldier, an abortion provider and a guard at the U.S. Holocaust Museum were examples of “violence masquerading as political activism.”

In order to stop that violence, he said, Congress should past an updated version of hate crimes legislation, in order to more effectively prosecute those who commit violent attacks based on gender, disability, or sexual orientation.

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