U.S. Attorney General has expanded resources to fight hate crimes

After the U.S. Department of Justice passed legislation against hate crimes in the U.S. Congress.

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday directed the Justice Department to help control and investigate hate crimes by extending funding to states and municipalities, and ordered the prosecutor to step up criminal and civil investigations into hate incidents.

In a note to Justice Department staff, Garland said the association of Attorney General Vanita Gupta will appoint someone to coordinate as the main “site” for hate crimes and work with prosecutors, law enforcement and community groups to ensure there are adequate investigative resources. and track hate crimes.

“Hate crimes and other incidents related to bribery cause fear in entire communities and weaken the foundations of our democracy,” Garland said in his memoir.

“Everyone in this country can live without fear of being attacked or harassed where they are from, what they are like, who they love or how they worship.”

Garland’s release comes at a time when Asian Americans have been stepping up attacks and racist encounters since the coronavirus pandemic began, when then-President Donald Trump began blaming China for the virus.

Earlier this month, President Joe Biden signed by law The COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act appoints an authority from the Department of Justice to expedite the review of hate crimes reported to the police.

It aimed to counter the growth of the new law hate crimes during the pandemic he completely overcame it in the US Congress.

In March, Garland announced that it would launch a 30-day rapid review to explore ways for the department to prosecute hate crimes and improve its efforts to gather better data.

Thursday’s release sets out some requirements in the law, as well as recommendations for a prior review.

Garland’s statement on Thursday calls for an official who will be quick to review hate crimes and calls on the U.S. Attorney’s Office to appoint local civilian and civilian prosecutors to serve as civil rights coordinators.

“Hate acts do not always rise to the level of federal hate crimes, but nevertheless hate events have a devastating impact on our communities. Federal civil statutes sometimes provide solutions when federal hate crime statutes do not,” Garland wrote.

Most Americans of racial and ethnic groups believe that discrimination has worsened in recent years against Asian Americans, who have become the target of attacks by being unfairly accused of the coronavirus pandemic.

According to a survey by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Research on Issues, 60 percent of Americans said they discriminated against Asian Americans compared to a year ago.

Nearly half of Americans believe that Asian Americans face “severe” or “fairly” discrimination in the U.S. today, according to a May 26 poll.

The survey found that about 6 out of 10 Americans in the U.S. as a whole are very “serious” or “horrible” about racism. And most Asian Americans said they didn’t feel safe in public because of their race.

The AP-NORC survey of 1,842 adults was conducted from April 29 to May 3 and had a margin of error for all respondents of plus or minus 3.2 percentage points.