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Advocates press Beaufort County to pursue local hate‑intimidation ordinance; committee directs staff to draft
Summary
A local coalition urged Beaufort County to adopt a hate‑intimidation ordinance to fill gaps in state law. After a presentation and legal questions about authority, the committee voted to ask county staff to draft ordinance language for full council review.
Risa Prince, president of the Lowcountry Coalition Against Hate, told the Beaufort County Community Services committee that gaps in South Carolina law leave victims of bias‑motivated, nonviolent crimes without uniform local protection and urged county leaders to act now.
“Enacting this will remedy the unequal protection for victims of nonviolent hate crimes in the county,” Prince said, urging the committee to consider both a misdemeanor‑level hate‑intimidation ordinance and a second ordinance that would enhance penalties for violent crimes…
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