At the Thursday, May 9, regular meeting of Summerville Town Council, its members voted 4-3 to adopt a hate intimidation ordinance, which has created considerable resistance from some community members.
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Summerville will vote again in May on the adoption of a hate crime law that would make it the tenth S.C. city to make actionable bigotry a criminal matter.
Calls for accountability have spiked since the release of footage showing two Summerville officers arresting a 13-year-old boy outside of a Walmart on April 1.
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCBD)- The Town of Summerville has joined a growing list of municipalities in South Carolina considering harsher penalties for hate crimes. Leaders are expected to take up the measure during a Thursday town council meeting. The ordinance would create enhanced penalties for anyone who commits a crime with the intent to intimidate someone […]