You read that right. Hard as it might be to believe, currently we have no effective Federal anti-lynching law.
In 2020, the House of Representatives passed such a bill. The law is named for Emmet Till, a 14-year-old African American boy who was kidnapped,
beaten and lynched in 1955 after he was accused of whistling at a white
woman.
The sponsors of the bill hoped to have it signed in time for Black History Month. Given that among those who voted against the legislation are Republican Reps. Louie Gohmert, Thomas Massie and Ted Yoho, one can't hep but wonder whether Mitch McConnell followed suit.
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