hate crime law south carolina.

A Black man in South Carolina is pushing for the state to pass its own hate crime law after police say he was shot at by a white man in a racist attack. South Carolina and Wyoming are the only states in the country without a statewide hate crime law.  Local governments in South Carolina have passed ordinances, but penalties are 30 days or less in jail. State laws could impose harsher penalties. Efforts to pass a statewide law have stalled since the 2015 Charleston church massacre. Jarvis McKenzie says he feels the lack of a state law sends a message that racial crimes like the one against him are tolerated in South Carolina.