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Fargo Hate Crimes
Crime, Local News, North Dakota News

Fargo Human Relations Commission votes to support anti-bias ordinance

Fargo City Commissioners must give final approval
Raya Quttaineh,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The Fargo Human Relations Commission votes unanimously to support an anti-bias ordinance. Introduced by City Commissioner Arlette Preston, the ordinance aims to more clearly identify, report and respond to hate crimes in Fargo. “We need a bias crime ordinance to send a message to communities that every person, that every individual belongs here,” Preston said at…

Human Relations Commission
Local News, North Dakota News

Fargo Human Relations Commission approves hate crimes ordinance

Raya Quttaineh,

FARGO (KVRR) – The Fargo Human Relations Commission voted unanimously Thursday to support an anti-bias ordinance. The proposed hate crime ordinance was introduced by City Commissioner Arlette Preston, who says there is not a full understanding in the community of how to report and respond to biased crimes. In part, the ordinance states violence or threats based on race, color,…

Fm Racial Equality
Community, Local News, North Dakota News, Politics / Elections

Fargo Human Relations Commission discusses next steps in addressing racial inequality

Commissioners say they stand in solidarity with those seeking justice and demanding change
Raya Quttaineh,

FARGO, N.D. — As Victoria Johnson of Fargo took to the podium at Fargo City Hall, she began with a quote. “‘I had crossed the line. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land’ by Harriet Tubman.” She continued, “That’s how we feel. We…