1.0The Thurgood Marshall Institute at LDFhttps://tminstituteldf.orgCourtney Taylorhttps://tminstituteldf.org/author/ctaylor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://tminstituteldf.org/press/ldf-in-essence-on-proposed-legislation-that-would-give-police-officers-hate-crime-protections/">LDF in Essence on Proposed Legislation That Would Give Police Officers Hate Crime Protections</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(d.addEventListener)e=!0;if(d.wp=d.wp||{},!d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){var r,a,i,s,n,o=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]');for(r=0;r<c.length;r++)c[r].style.display="none";for(r=0;r<o.length;r++)if(a=o[r],e.source===a.contentWindow){if(a.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;a.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),n=l.createElement("a"),s.href=a.getAttribute("src"),n.href=t.value,n.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===a)d.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),d.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!o){o=!0;var e,t,r,a,i=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),s=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),n=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content");for(t=0;t<n.length;t++){if(!(r=n[t]).getAttribute("data-secret"))a=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),r.src+="#?secret="+a,r.setAttribute("data-secret",a);if(i||s)(e=r.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),r.parentNode.replaceChild(e,r)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://tminstituteldf.org/press/ldf-in-essence-on-proposed-legislation-that-would-give-police-officers-hate-crime-protections/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“LDF in Essence on Proposed Legislation That Would Give Police Officers Hate Crime Protections” — The Thurgood Marshall Institute at LDF" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>5/9/18 By: Paula Rogo Source: Essence.com  A number of human rights groups have come out against this new bill, including the American Civil Liberties Union, and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Their issue with the bill includes the fact that it offers hate crimes protection to a group that does not need it […]