Investigate hate crimes and violent state in the prosecution of the pending bill, local and tribal officials. State, local and tribal officials in the first line, and a lot of investigation and prosecution are doing a good job, hate crime in their communities. Nothing in the bill I would like to insist on this is to change the longstanding practice: law enforcement agencies to play a leading role in the investigation and prosecution of hate crimes of all types will continue to state, local and tribal. In fact, the law of the state support, local and tribal resources for the countries and provide technical assistance, the better the level of society to deal with this issue to enable is enabled. It's the law that the State, local and tribal governments and equipment, to investigate and prevent this kind of humiliation punishment will need to ensure that resources.

State, local and tribal governments, however, hate crimes, the enforcement in the fight against the leadership, there occasions when the federal government a better position to investigate and prosecute in a hate crime may be. For example, inter-state resources and federal hate crime, to investigate where the defendant or the defendant committed one of the group in many countries in the context of hate crime may be appropriate. It can be a time when state, local or tribal jurisdiction clearly requires that the federal government's jurisdiction. Rare cases, in the end, it's in May, state, local or tribal officials are unable or fair criminal proceedings, or of justice if the prosecution is not ready to not enough interest.

For example, in July 2007, Joseph and Georgia Silva, allegedly on a public beach in South Lake Tahoe, California in the offensive or ethnic conflict, as a racial one and two with the Indians defeated the attack killed the victim and the other shoe repeatedly in the head with the U.S. victims. The defendant's repeated use of racist insult, despite the court that the crime was motivated by ethnic affiliation of the victims refused to accept. Asia and the court understand the violation of the South Asian community under the leadership of hate crimes charges canceled. On 5 March 2009, Sacramento each of the defendants in a federal grand jury charges of violation of 18 USC ยง 245 (b) (2) (B) for the victims of the attack on. If, in consultation with state and local officials after a federal prosecution of hate crimes to justice is an alternative to