by Katie Harden

January 13, 2017

 

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — A new resolution passed in Greenville which works to protect citizens against hate crimes. The ordinance separate from a state-wide initiative focused on hate crimes. Both starting here in the East and on their way to making impactful changes across the state.

“It follows exactly the definition of hate crime for the purpose of collecting statistics which the FBI instructs police departments to use in its reporting,” Greenville City Attorney David Holec says.

The resolution passed Thursday by Greenville City Council works to protect citizens locally while broader legislation is discussed at the state level. Greenville Mayor Pro Tem Kandie Smith proposed the resolution after violent hate crimes took center state nationwide.

 

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Hate crimes targeted in local, statewide initiatives based in Greenville