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Residents and state lawmaker urge Spartanburg council to add local hate-crimes ordinance to agenda
Summary
Multiple speakers, including a state representative and civil-rights groups, urged the council to place a local hate-crimes ordinance on a future agenda, citing absence of a state law and recent FBI data on rising incidents.
Several residents, local advocates and a state representative asked the Spartanburg City Council on Sept. 8 to place a local hate-crimes ordinance on a future council agenda.
The request came during public comment from speakers representing faith groups, racial-equity organizations and individual residents who said South Carolina lacks a statewide hate-crimes law and that city action would provide local protections. Dr. Rosalind Henderson Myers, who identified herself as the state representative for House District 31, urged the council to place the “Roycee Henderson hate crime ordinance” on the agenda for a vote.
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