The Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office has launched a campaign to raise awareness about hate crimes in Macomb County during October, which is Hate Crime Awareness Month.
The campaign aims to promote a more inclusive community by bringing attention to hate crimes and discrimination.
According to the FBI's most recent hate crime report, violence in the United States has reached record-high levels. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has also raised concerns and declared October as Hate Crimes Awareness Month.
“Hate crimes must be prosecuted with unwavering determination because they strike at the very heart of our society's values and principles,” said Prosecutor Peter Lucido. “When we allow hate crimes to go unpunished, we risk sowing the seeds of division, fear, and injustice in our communities. By prosecuting hate crimes, we send a resounding message that bigotry and discrimination have no place in our society.
Lucido established the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office Hate Crime Unit in 2022 to prosecute hate crimes in Macomb County. The unit works with local law enforcement to prosecute assaultive and property damage crimes where the motivating factor is ethnic intimidation.
In Michigan, a person may be guilty of a felony for ethnic intimidation if that person maliciously, and with specific intent to intimidate or harass another person because of that person's race, color, religion, gender, or national origin, causes physical contact with another person, damages, destroys, or defaces any real or personal property of another person, or threatens, by word or act.
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