Orange County – one of the most diverse places in the country – continues to struggle with addressing hate crimes more than 50 years after the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis.
And in the midst of that struggle, county leaders are dialing back a commission responsible for researching ways to combat hate and promote tolerance as well as producing the county’s annual hate crime report.
Less than a week before Martin Luther King Day, OC Board of Supervisors narrowly voted to shrink the Human Relations Commission, decrease the number of meetings they have yearly and gag commissioners from issuing statements and press releases…