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In the absence of state hate crime laws in Pennsylvania, Councilman James F. Kenney is calling upon U.S. Attorney Zane Memeger to prosecute those responsible for the brutal Sept. 11, 2014 attack on two gay men in Center City Philadelphia using the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, passed by Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama in 2009.