THE GOVERNOR SAYS WE LIVE IN TURBULENT TIMES, CITING RECENT ACTS OF HATRED LIKE CEMETERY VANDALISM AND BOMB THREATS AT A JEWISH DAY SCHOOL IN CHICAGO. HE LAID OUT INITIATIVES TO CURB HATE FUELED VIOLENCE AT A DINNER HELD BY THE ILLINOIS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM, SUCH AS A BILL CREATING TOUGHER PENALTIES FOR HATE CRIMES COMMITTED AGAINST CHURCHES AND RELIGIOUS CENTERS.

 

 

RAUNER SAYS HE ALSO WANTS TO EXPAND ANTI-HATE EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS AND TO CREATE A STANDARDIZED TRAINING PROGRAM FOR POLICE POLICE STATEWIDE ON RESPONDING TO HATE CRIMES.

 

 

THE GOVERNOR ALSO WANTS A STATEWIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING PROGRAM ON RESPONDING TO HATE CRIMES, AND TOUGHER LAWS FOR ACTS OF VANDALISM AND VIOLENCE AGAINST CHURCHES AND RELIGIOUS CENTERS.