Police on Thursday arrested Christopher Philippeaux, who was conditionally released by parole in July 2021 after serving more than two years in prison, and charged him with a hate crime after the incident on the bus near 118th Street and Liberty Avenue in Queens on October 15, CBS News reported.
Ranjeev Puri, an Indian-American legislator in United States Michigan, has introduced a bill seeking to make vandalisation or desecration of religious institutions such as temples, mosques, or Sikh Gurudwaras a hate crime.
The bill seeks to expand the definition of hate crimes to include the vandalisation of places of worship
Apart from this one, Michigan State Representative Puri has introduced several bills aimed at advancing social issues and inclusivity in the state.
The United States, a country that labels itself a human rights defender has been suffering from chronic diseases such as money politics, racial discrimination, gun and police violence, as well as wealth polarization that is rampant there, the report said.
Hate crimes in the US increased by about 12 per cent in 2021, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has said, highlighting that 64.5 per cent of victims were targeted because of race or ancestry bias.