George S Law Petition Calling For Racist Crimes To Be Treated As Terrorism Gains 200 000 Signatures
The change.org petition is calling for the introduction of “George’s Law”, which would expand the definition of terrorism to include racially motivated acts that endanger a human life, causes mass destruction, or attempt to influence the policy of a government by “intimidation or coercion.” It also calls for those convicted of racially motivated hate crimes to receive a mandatory minimum sentence and police officers who kill a civilian in the line of duty be held in custody for 30 days until an investigation into the incident is complete....