Come on. The language in the bill being discussed in this thread is very specific. The article you quoted is something very broad and wouldn't fall under this.
From that article:
OPD Arrests Protesters for 'Lynching'
"Oakland police invoke a provocatively named law that doesn't mean what you think it means."
wrt the bill in question:
You can find the text here:
S.3178 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): Justice for Victims of Lynching Act of 2018
NPR has an article on it from June:
"Congress's three African-American senators introduced a bipartisan bill Friday to make lynching a federal crime.
Sens. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Tim Scott, R-S.C., drafted the bipartisan legislation, which defines the crime as "the willful act of murder by a collection of people assembled with the intention of committing an act of violence upon any person." It also classifies lynching as a hate crime that would warrant enhanced sentences.
"It's a travesty that despite repeated attempts to do so, Congress still hasn't put anti-lynching legislation on the books," Booker said in a statement. "This bill will right historical wrongs by acknowledging our country's stained past and codifying into law our commitment to abolishing this shameful practice."
The
Justice for Victims of Lynching Act of 2018 notes that during the first half of the 20th century nearly 200 attempts to pass anti-lynching legislation failed to gain support from the Senate despite urging from seven sitting presidents.
It also cites statistics supported by research compiled by Tuskegee University, that more than
4,700 people were lynched between the years 1882 and 1968. About three-quarters of the victims were African-American. And according to the bill, "99 percent of all perpetrators of lynching escaped from punishment by state or local officials."
African-American Senators Introduce Anti-Lynching Bill
Ima have to check the definitions in the bill itself to see if the language is clear enough now.
