Keep in mind that there are already federal hate crime laws, such asthe Shepard-Byrd Actwhichmakes it a federal crime atrocity for more than 100 years. Of course it should be considered a hate crime nationally, read: federally, especially because federal intervention has been a powerful force in Black civil rights already. It was federal laws likethe Civil Rights Act of 1964andVoting Rights Act of 1965 in this most recent anti-lynching bill, most documented lynchings were “mass, moblike lynchings,” which “were barbaric, by nature characterized by members of the mob, mostly White southerners, shooting, burning, and mutilating the victim’s body, alive.” The bill alsonoted When we arrived at the detention center to visit Vilma, I was not allowed in; we were told that we had misunderstood the hours for visitors who are not attorneys. Shana, who had already triple-checked, knew this was not true. This was yet another degree of obstruction of justice for Vilma, and it could have concluded our visit right here, so Shana whispered to me, “Work your magic."