hate crime
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PublishedMarch 5, 2022
Another View: Long-overdue federal anti-lynching law finally appears headed for passage
The potential for unanimous approval in the Senate could send a strong message of zero tolerance for this form of domestic terrorism.
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PublishedFebruary 16, 2022
Leonard Pitts: Is America a racist country? If you have to ask, you’re part of the problem
If federal jurors conclude that Ahmaud Arbery was shot because he was Black, they’ll go a long way toward helping us see ourselves as we are.
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2022
Jury selection begins in hate crimes trial of men in Ahmaud Arbery murder
Given extensive pretrial publicity, U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood ordered roughly 1,000 jury duty notices to be mailed to residents across 43 Georgia counties.
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2022
One of 3 men convicted in Ahmaud Arbery’s killing retracts plea before hate crime trial
Greg McMichael reversed course late Thursday and has taken back his guilty plea ahead of the men's federal hate crime trial.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2022
Judge rejects plea deal on hate-crime charge for man who killed Ahmaud Arbery
Arbery’s mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones, asked the judged to reject the deal and described the U.S. Justice Department’s decision to propose it as 'disrespectful.'
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2021
Two teenage girls charged with violating Maine Civil Rights Act in racist spray-painting incident
The girls, both from Bangor, are suspected of painting racial slurs on the car of a Pakistani-American and person of color.
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2021
Judge sentences Biddeford man to 3 years in prison for hate crime
Dusty Leo, 30, was one of two men involved in attacks on Black men in Portland and Biddeford in 2018.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2021
As hate crimes rise, active bystanders needed, advocates say
National tragedies like 9/11 and the pandemic that spark acts of hate against minorities make it important for people to know how to intervene safely, activists say.
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PublishedSeptember 3, 2021
Portland police investigating vandalism of downtown murals
Two artists spent Friday evening painting over what they said included slurs against gay people and Black people on the murals behind the Lancaster Building.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2021
Saint Joseph’s event will focus on stopping hate crime