Washington DC Is Getting Nervous

Ed.'s note: The crowd in Washington DC are losing the belief they depend on to say in power and getting nervous. After 200 times this "law" was finally passed. Rep. Bobby Rush, you do know that many whites were strung up while fighting racism correct? And furthermore, Mr. Rush, you need to verify your historical knowledge regarding lynching not to mention the black-on-black violence that went on in American history.
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Source: Common Dreams

120 Years Too Late, US House Finally Passes Law to Make Lynching a Federal Crime

"Today, we send a strong message that violence—and race-based violence, in particular—has no place in America."

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer | February 26, 2020

The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a historic bill making lynching a federal hate crime—a vote that historians, progressives, and anti-racist activists said was more than a century overdue.

"Lynching is an American evil," tweeted Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.), the bill's lead sponsor. "Today, we send a strong message that violence—and race-based violence, in particular—has no place in America."

Lynching is an American evil. Today, we
send a strong message that violence—and race-based violence, in particular—has no place in America.

Thank you to my colleagues in the House & Senate who have joined me to correct this injustice. #OutlawLynching https://t.co/io451Agyne pic.twitter.com/3Uq1U6fTFM

— Bobby L. Rush (@RepBobbyRush) February 26, 2020

H.R. 35, the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, passed the House overwhelmingly on a 410-4 vote, with Reps. Justin Amash (I-Mich.), Louis Gohmert (R-Texas), Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), and Ted Yoho (R-Fla.) voting "no." Sixteen representatives, from both sides of the aisle, did not vote on the bill.

It's been a long time coming, as the Washington Post reported:

The measure's passage comes after lawmakers tried, and failed, to pass anti-lynching bills nearly 200 times.

The earliest such attempt came in 1900, when Rep. George Henry White (R-N.C.), then the country's only black member of Congress, stood on the floor of the House and read the text of his unprecedented measure, which would have prosecuted lynchings at the federal level. The bill later died in committee.

Rush's fellow lawmakers congratulated him on passing the bill through the House while noting that it shouldn't have taken so long.

Please go to Common Dreams to read the entire article.
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