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Resident urges Village of Manhattan to add Illinois hate-crime statute to local law
Summary
At the Village of Manhattan board meeting a resident urged the board to adopt the Illinois hate-crime statute into village ordinances after describing local incidents of slurs, flag removal and medication tampering; police said they will continue to investigate public complaints.
A resident urged the Village of Manhattan board to adopt the Illinois hate-crime statute into the village code during public comment, citing recent incidents of slur use, removal of pride flags and alleged tampering with a child’s medication.
Erica Alts, speaking during the public-comment portion of the meeting, said the school and some families had not treated repeated slur use at the junior high as hate speech and called for municipal authority to address the behavior. "I would like for you to figure out how to incorporate the Illinois hate crime statute into…
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