D.C. Congressional Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton released a letter last week calling on Michael R. Sherwin, the Acting U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia who serves as the city’s top prosecutor, to step up prosecutions of hate crimes targeting the LGBTQ community.
Norton’s office said her letter follows several public meetings Norton has held to address the issue of prosecuting hate crimes. “This letter is the latest in my longstanding work to ensure every member of our community is safe from attack and harassment,” Norton said in an Aug.
5 statement. “We must work to protect our LGBTQ community,” she said. “The U.S. Attorney for D.C., who is not elected by D.C.