Establishment of an FBI E-Mail Address for Reporting Hate Crimes

WHEREAS, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigates hate crimes, including unwanted electronic mail (e-mail) that is hateful or threatening in nature; and

WHEREAS, the collection and subsequent investigation of hate e-mail would be better facilitated if the FBI established a standard place for the submission of hate e-mail.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the NAACP call on the FBI to establish an official FBI e-mail address to better facilitate its receipt of requests for investigation of hate e-mail.