The legislation would make lynching a federal crime.
renewed his efforts to finally make lynching a federal crime, introducing legislation as the U.S. House approved the same measure on Monday.
The bill was named for Emmett Till, a 14-year old boy lynched in 1955. It would classify lynching as a crime under existing federal hate crime statues. The House version, sponsored by Rep. Bobby Rush, D-lll., passed overwhelmingly, 422-3. “Used by white supremacists to oppress and subjugate Black communities, lynching is a form of racialized violence that has permeated much of our nation’s past and must now be reckoned with,” Booker said. “Although this bill will not undo the terror and fear of the past, it’s a necessary step that our nation must take to move forward.”
The Senate bill was introduced by Booker, a New Jersey Democrat, and the chamber’s only Black Republican, Tim Scott of South Carolina. The only other Black U.S. senator, Raphael Warnock of Georgia, signed on as a co-sponsor Tuesday, as did U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.
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