Following a mass massacre targeting Mexicans at a Walmart shop in El Paso, Texas, former Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed the domestic terrorism hate crime statute in August 2019. After an attack on a rabbi’s home in Munsey, New York, the ‘Josef Neumann Hate Crimes Domestic Terrorism Act’ was signed into law on April 3, 2020, and takes effect on November 1, 2020.
Osteen kept going, barely pausing to heed what was going on around him.
The women resumed their demonstration after they were outside.
‘We’ve come to break the silence and rise up because if Christians aren’t afraid to bother us at healthcare facilities and doctor’s offices, why the f*** wouldn’t we bother you in your own home, where the laws originate?’ one of the women said
The law built on a prior domestic terrorism statute enacted in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, which was primarily intended to combat international extremism.
Prosecutors said Gendron traveled three hours from his home in Conklin, New York, to Buffalo with the intent of killing as many black people as he could. He uploaded documents detailing his white supremacist views and how he had been planning the attack for months just before the attack.
The gunman opened fire on consumers at a Tops grocery in Buffalo on Saturday afternoon, brandishing an AR-15-style rifle he had recently acquired.
