San Francisco, June 29 (ANI): US Congressmen expressed concern over the rising incidents of hate crimes and said education could play a key role in curbing such activities. In the latest incident of hate crime, a white man was arrested for mass murder of nine black people at a historic African-American church in South Carolina on June 18. The mass shooting set off an intense 14-hour manhunt that ended with a 21-year-old Dylann Roof arrested in a traffic stop in a small North Carolina town, 220 miles (350 km) north of Charleston, where the church rampage occurred. The massacre once again trained the spotlight on the divisive issues of race relations and gun crimes in the United States and also reignited a debate over gun control in a country where the right to own firearms is constitutionally protected. A Congressman, John Garamendi said people should be educated to respect cultural and religious values of different communities. Another Congressman Mike Honda was of the view that appointment of religious minority people in key positions could address the problem to an extent. Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren admitted that attempts to end discrimination against ethnic minorities were slow.
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