Al Sharpton would like to make it easier to charge people with Federal hate crimes. Obviously this would be very good for his race-baiting business.
Sharpton made the comments in the aftermath of the Justice Department announcement that there wasn’t sufficient evidence to charge George Zimmerman with violating Trayvon Martin’s civil rights.
Currently the legal threshold is that intent must be proven; Intent that a crime was committed because of a person’s race.
Al Sharpton thinks that legislation too stringent.
From Breitbart:
Al Sharpton said he is now planning to work to “lower the threshold” that legally qualifies who is prosecuted for a federal hate crime.
Sharpton explained, “The intent to prove that Zimmerman did it because of his race, that is the legal threshold,” adding, ” Unless we change that legislation, we end up where we are in terms of the Trayvon Martin case. Clearly I’m disappointed. Clearly I’m sure the family is. But clearly the Justice Department can not go beyond the laws as is written. As we fight these fights and continue to fight from Staten Island to Ferguson, we must change the threshold that you qualify a civil rights case for, or we will keep having these moments of activism that end up with cases of being disappointing.”
“We got to change things, not just be disappointed.” he concluded.
I wonder if he’s eager to bring up hate crime charges against the numerous cases of black Americans attacking white people for being white?
