Officials in Tallahassee have passed a new law that will include the homeless as a group that will be included under pre-existing hate-crime laws. According to the Miami New Times Blog laws already in place "cover race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, advanced age and mental and physical disabilities. The new legislation means that attacks on the homeless will bear more severe consequences.
The legislation centers around a 2006 attack on the homeless by three men with baseball bats, resulting in the death of one individual. The attacks were caught on tape and happened in Fort Lauderdale, outside the FAU campus. Most are in support of the bill, titled HB11, yet there was some dissent. For most, however, this is another step in protecting the homeless.
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