The Charlotte Post NC hate crimes boosts felony exposure, penalties

“We do have a crime problem across almost every category you would measure it on, whether it’s your beliefs, the rising rates of antisemitism, rising rates of Islamophobia; whether it’s your identity, Black and brown; targeting migrant communities targeting LGBTQ folks,” Pruette said. “And one of the problems is that we don’t have good data on where these crimes are happening the most. Our prosecutors and our police officers aren’t trained well when it comes to hate crimes. One of the things the bill will do is provide funding for real training for our law enforcement officers, for prosecutors and create a better database.”