The racist massacre of 10 percent of the Chinese population in Los Angeles in 1871, the Tulsa race massacre in 1921 resulting in the murder of 150 to 200 Black residents, the murder of Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. in 1998 ... hate crimes are a sad part of American history.
Unfortunately, the past is sometimes prologue. In 2019 the American Jewish community experienced the highest level of antisemitic violence since tracking began, according to the Anti-Defamation League. In 2020, 44 transgender people were killed in the United States. With the arrival of COVID-19 and the political rhetoric of our time, violent hate crimes have been on the rise across America with escalated attacks on Asian Americans. During this webinar, our panel of judges and experts will provide an overview of hate crimes, including how to recognize hate symbols, discuss current trends in hate crimes, analyze the effectiveness of hate-crime statutes, discuss best practices in sentencing hate crimes, and review the anti-lynching legislation that passed the House of Representatives in 2020.

Moderator: Peggy Kuo, Magistrate Judge, U.S District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Faculty:
• Trina Thompson, Judge, Superior Court of Alameda County
• David Barkey, ADL’s National Religious Freedom Counsel and Southeastern Area Counsel
• Michael German, Fellow, Liberty and National Security, Brennan Center for Justice
• John Yang, President and Executive Director, Asian Americans Advancing Justice
This webinar is presented free of charge. This webinar may be eligible for Continuing Legal and Judicial Education (CLE/CJE) credits under most
state boards/bars/commissions.