New Florida Law Takes What Was Once a Littering Charge and Makes It a Felony Hate Crime

Florida state Rep. Randy Fine (R-Palm Bay) and Moms for Liberty hold a press conference in Palm Bay, Fla., on June 25, 2021. Rep. Randy Fine/Screenshot via NTD

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.—The leader of a notorious anti-Semitic hate group, the Goyim Defense League (GDL), was given a littering misdemeanor and sentenced to 30 days in jail on Nov. 1 for dumping hundreds of threatening messages on the doorsteps of West Palm Beach residents’ homes.

Now such an act is punishable as a class three felony under a Florida law passed on May 1, 2023.