DA Holding 1st Safe From Hate Roundtable In Lower Bucks Co.

LOWER BUCKS COUNTY, PA — Bucks County District Attorney Joe Khan has announced the launch of the Safe From Hate Roundtable Series, with the first one planned in Langhorne on Tuesday.

Khan is inviting leaders from religious, racial, and ethnic communities across Bucks County to discuss collaborative solutions for preventing and addressing hate crimes.

The Safe From Crimes Roundtable Series aims to open direct communication between the District Attorney’s Office and local community leaders to ensure that hate crimes are prevented, properly reported, thoroughly investigated, and aggressively prosecuted.

The first roundtable will be held in Langhorne at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, and a second Roundtable in Doylestown will be held on Oct. 19 at 3 p.m. Additional dates will be announced in the future.

The Lower Bucks Roundtable will be held at the Peace Center in Langhorne.

Each roundtable will feature a diverse group of participants and will be live-streamed for the public.

In addition to its authority to prosecute ethnic intimidation and other crimes, DA’s offices in Pennsylvania also have the authority to go to civil court to obtain equitable relief on behalf of victims of ethnic intimidation, but the authority has rarely been utilized.

“Each and every member of our community has the right to feel safe and secure, and I am going to utilize every tool at my disposal, whether civil or criminal, to ensure that victims of ethnic intimidation obtain justice and regain this sense of safety,” Khan said. “I am looking forward to hearing from leaders about how we can best utilize the authority of this Office to protect the community.”