When the U.S. Congress returns in September from a summer recess, it is expected to consider legislation called the Blue Lives Matter Act that would make killing a police officer a hate crime, a step first taken by Louisiana earlier this year.
Japan's parliament passed a law on Tuesday to prevent hate speech with the original bill clearing the upper house of Japan's bicameral parliament on May 13.
Germany said on Tuesday that Facebook, Google and Twitter have agreed to delete hate speech from their websites within 24 hours, a new step in the fight against rising online racism following the refugee crisis.
The killing of nine African-Americans in a "hate crime" shooting Wednesday night mirrors the U.S. government's inaction on rampant gun violence as well as the growing racial hatred in the country.
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