Lawmakers Introduce Legislation To Strengthen Hate Crime Laws

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa Jr., Rep. Dan Frankel and Rep. Ed Gainey unveiled a new bill to strengthen hate crime laws.They introduced their new legislation outside of the Tree of Life Synagogue and were joined by Rabbi Jeffery Myers.“It saddens me that we have to create legislation against what I call ‘H crimes,'” Rabbi Myers said. “To me, those who espouse the words of ‘H speech,’ which lead to actions and violence such as oc