The new initiative is a broader effort by the Justice Department that it plans to launch across all 94 United States attorneys' offices over the next year.
Justice Department's Civil Rights Division announced a new initiative to combat unlawful acts of hate in the Western District of New York. Here, a memorial for the supermarket shooting victims is set up outside the Tops Friendly Market on Thursday, July 14, 2022, in Buffalo, N.Y.at a Buffalo, N.Y. supermarket, the Justice Department has recently announced the launch of a new initiative, aimed at combatting unlawful acts of hate across Buffalo.
"This type of race-based hate is unacceptable and will not be tolerated in this community or in our society," said Trini E. Ross, U.S. attorney for the Western District of New York, in a statement.Investigators stand outside during a moment of silence for the victims of the Buffalo supermarket shooting outside the Tops Friendly Market on Saturday, May 21, 2022, in Buffalo, N.Y.
"I think any type of program or legislation towards addressing hate crimes and in different things is a start," James Ponzo II, a clinical assistant professor at the University of Buffalo, told NPR.
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