COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP)
Jarvis McKenzie recounted a harrowing encounter with a man who fired a rifle at him, highlighting South Carolina’s lack of a statewide hate crime law, which has stalled despite local ordinances and growing pressure since the 2015 Charleston church shooting. Advocates argue that without such a law, the absence of severe penalties emboldens hate crimes, as efforts in the state legislature repeatedly fail to progress.
