our past, just as the torch carrying and the hooded ku klux klan of the past also was put in the rearview mirror. so, senator, what happens now? how does the united states of america how does our country deal with this critically, critically decisive moment? i think that, first of all, when we come back, we ought to review the hate crime statutes and determine whether the penalties are sufficient. second, even before then, our republican colleagues hopefully will speak out as forcefully as all of us have, and many have already. and i admire and support their independence and their courage. and the more of our faith leaders who can step forward, as many have already, but i think the time for leaning back is over. the time for moving forward is now. and the ceos who have resigned
this is awful. but, anyway, whole issue is one of, is this legitimate in terms of people saying this is a hate crime. i don t see that this needs to be an argument about the hate crime. although i remember with some intensity what happened to george w. bush when he was governor with texas and the speller was dragged by some whites behind the truck and the naacp went after him at that time and said that he was not sufficiently upset because it was white people who did it. i thought it was totally illegitimate. i thought it was totally about hate crime statutes. it wasn t about the horrific nature of the crime. it gets gets used on both side. it s not like dylan roof doesn t exist, doesn t lead to more racial hate and racial are there going to be satellite trucks parked outside this trial like there were at
but what i think is interesting, south carolina seems to be tipping a little bit, the discussion about the flag and the chance that after six or seven tries the hate crimes might actually pass this time. i am not suggesting that we have a complete ground shift, but it s a different strategy that i think can be deployed going forward. when you look at states that do or do not have hate crimes in place, what does that tell us about those states? these laws get passed by legislators and the legislators are responding to communities that see these things as important. i would venture to say the reason why south carolina has not had hate crime statutes is not because people have not put them forward but because whatever the values are that those statuted represent had not sunk into the system before. i think it would be interesting in louisiana where we had another tragic shooting it seemed to be connected to the
its age and significant. implicating several hate crime statutes and violence such as this is the original domestic terrorism. this is raising the possibility that prosecutors will seek the death penalty. dozens of protesters gathers at city hall in cincinnati on wednesday demanding justice for sam debuso. shot by a white police officer last weekend. police say they completed the investigation and they will hand it over to prosecutors. republican candidate rand paul pushing to defund planned parenthood. citing concerns of undercover video that shows organization officials discussing the sale of fetal tissue from abortions. the kentucky senator introducing the amendment to cut off support for planned parenthood eliminating $5 million to funding.
fits the federal hate crime statutes and vindicates their practice. justice will be done and he will ultimately be forgotten. but the beautiful nine that s who we will remember. and we will remember the courage and grace of their families in the days afterwards. we will remember that people stood up. but now we must also finish the work. yes, the flag is down in south carolina. but now we need to deal with the issues of civil rights and voting rights and health care and other issues. we must in the spirit that those families gave forgiveness and said we re not going to let hate win, we must not settle. and we must not stop with just part of the journey having been traveled. we also need to question why there is no state hate crime in south carolina.