The People vs. Hate
Karl Racine and a bipartisan group of state attorneys general want to curb hate crimes. Can they succeed where others have failed?
William Lamar, the pastor of Metropolitan AME Church, in Washington, D.C., was making final preparations for virtual Sunday service on December 13 when he received a text from a friend. “I’m sorry about what happened at Metropolitan,” Karen Brown, the pastor of another local church, wrote. He was confused. “Karen, what are you talking about?”
Brown sent Lamar a link to a video. The night before, a group of white men had stepped over the partition near the steps of the church and ripped down a sign that read . They hoisted the sign over their heads and tossed it toward a crowd of
