Opposition to proposed hate crimes legislation in Georgia is building from lawmakers and civil rights groups previously in favor of it after Republicans in the state Senate added police as a protected class.
The ACLU and NAACP, as well as the state House and Senate Democratic caucuses, are among those now standing against the hate crimes measure.
The Rev. James Woodall, state president of the Georgia NAACP, said in an interview Monday that the addition of language protecting law enforcement is “toxic and a poison pill.”
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