{"id":4124,"date":"2023-07-03T10:16:08","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T15:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=4124"},"modified":"2023-07-03T10:16:09","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T15:16:09","slug":"new-michigan-hate-speech-bill-would-make-it-a-felony-to-make-someone-feel-threatened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=4124","title":{"rendered":"New Michigan Hate Speech Bill Would Make It a Felony to Make Someone \u2018Feel\u2019 Threatened"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new Michigan bill would make it a hate crime to cause someone to \u201cfeel terrorized, frightened, or threatened.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Michigan Hate Crime Act, designated&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislature.mi.gov\/documents\/2023-2024\/billengrossed\/House\/pdf\/2023-HEBH-4474.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HB 4474 ,<\/a>&nbsp;passed in the state House on Tuesday {snip}&nbsp; It will replace the existing Ethnic Intimidation Act and expand the categories of people protected by the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">{snip}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It would also expand the definition of a hate crime from threats or property damage under the current law to a broader definition that includes force, intimidation, threats, bodily injury or damage to personal property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The act defines intimidation as \u201crepeated or continuing harassment of another individual\u201d that causes the victim to \u201cfeel terrorized, frightened or threatened.\u201d It would not include \u201cconstitutionally protected activity or conduct that serves a legitimate purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amren.com\/news\/2023\/06\/new-michigan-hate-speech-bill-would-make-it-a-felony-to-make-someone-feel-threatened\/\">https:\/\/www.amren.com\/news\/2023\/06\/new-michigan-hate-speech-bill-would-make-it-a-felony-to-make-someone-feel-threatened\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new Michigan bill would make it a hate crime to cause someone to \u201cfeel terrorized, frightened, or threatened.\u201d The Michigan Hate Crime Act, designated&nbsp;HB 4474 ,&nbsp;passed in the state House on Tuesday {snip}&nbsp; It will replace the existing Ethnic Intimidation Act and expand the categories of people protected by the law. {snip} It would also expand the definition of a hate crime from threats or property damage under the current law to a broader definition that includes force, intimidation, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-woke-agenda"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4124"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4125,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4124\/revisions\/4125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}