A Frederick County state delegate has proposed a change to the state’s hate crime law after an assault at The Great Frederick Fair resulted in the death of a Mount Airy man last week.
Del. Dan Cox (R-District 4) introduced a bill Tuesday, the John Weed Dignity Act, that would add “dignity of the human body” along with harassment and destruction of property to a list of acts that fall under the hate crime statute.
It adds that a person may not spit on, smear or eject any bodily fluids, among other similar actions, on another person if they refuse to give money or other tangible items to that person.
