Council passes hate crimes measure
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LOU CHIBBARO JR
Friday, June 06, 2008
By unanimous vote, the D.C. City Council on Tuesday passed a resolution condemning hate crimes in the city, calling them "acts of subtle and overt racism, anti-Semitism, homophobia and ethnic bigotry."
The "sense of the Council" resolution, which was introduced last month by Council Chair Vincent Gray (D-At-Large), was sponsored jointly by the entire 13-member Council and was aimed at drawing more attention to what Gray called a serious, ongoing problem in the city and the nation. D.C. police have said anti-gay hate crimes make up a substantial part of the overall number of hate crimes reported in the District each year.