Pa. 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 Thursday.
For Joe Charny, it feels like yesterday.
“I saw his gun come up, and at that point, I looked around and there was already one body,” he said.
Charny escaped the shooting inside the Tree of Life synagogue in October with Rabbi Jeffrey Myers. He listened to Rabbi Myers Thursday as legislation to combat hate crimes was laid out