His killer, on the other hand, was at the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong set of moral values. Ileto asked the audience to remember another acronym using the family's name, Instill Love, Equality and Tolerance for Others, and urged the assembled to keep pressure on government representatives to pass hate crime legislation. It is time for us to lead this nation into being a hate-free society. Some Jew-hater had shot at and tried to kill my daughter. We must never forget that hate crimes exist and must be stopped.
Education is the only solution.
Since the crime, Finkelstein has become active with the Million Mom March. Sherman is a co-author and major proponent of H.R. 1082, the Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 1999, which was passed by the Senate but has been stalled in the House's Subcommittee on Crime for more than a year. In an effort to get the bill moving, Sherman encouraged rally attendees to sign oversized petitions that he intends to bring to the House floor. Also present at the rally were virtually every prominent San Fernando Valley lawmaker and local official. Guest speakers included Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti, L.A. County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, L.A. City Council members Laura Chick and Michael Feuer and City Attorney James Hahn, as well as California Attorney General Bill Lockyer and former Assembly Speaker Antonio Villaraigosa.