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Resolution
HATE CRIMES
WhereaS,
we believe in humanity and rely
upon the framework of human progress, slow and
sound, unequivocal and firm and through example
and mutual exchange of concepts, we understand,
recognize and appreciate the dignity, worth, and
potential of every individual; and
WhereaS,
we exert our united efforts to uphold the rights
guaranteed to every individual by our state and
national laws and to assure justice and equal
treatment under these laws; and
WhereaS,
we oppose any violent demonstrations or other
acts that threaten the physical and spiritual
welfare of individuals or institutions; and
WhereaS,
the Federal Hate Crimes Act was enacted to
criminalize offenses and impose harsher
punishments based on race, national origin, sex,
religion and disabilities; and
WhereaS,
on April 22, 2006 in Houston, Texas, a 17 year
old Hispanic male was brutally beaten, stripped,
burned with cigarettes, sodomized with a plastic
pope and left for dead by two neo-Nazi
skinheads; and
WhereaS,
the young Hispanic victim remains hospitalized
and is in severe and serious condition;
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED, that the LULAC
National Assembly does hereby support amending
the Federal Hate Crimes Act to include the
following:
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Imposition of
the charge for acts committed on private
property.
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Creation of a
Hate Crimes Registry which will allow all
Hate Crime offenses to be tracked and
reported to the community, with access to
find and verify Hate Crime offenders in the
United States.
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Tracking of
Hate Crime Groups by all federal enforcement
agencies.
BE IT
Further RESOLVED, that copies of
this resolution be sent to the United States
Congress in support of enacting legislation that
amends the Federal Hate Crimes Statute to
include the above items.
Adopted this 1st day of July
2006.
Rosa Rosales
LULAC National President |
