Hate crime
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PublishedAugust 1, 2022
Four charged with vandalism, including hate graffiti, at Rockland high school
Vandals caused extensive damage to an outbuilding and the surrounding property at Oceanside High School last month.
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PublishedMay 24, 2022
Maine Voices: Sen. Collins should take action to keep Maine families safe
The Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act marks a significant step in securing our communities and creates important oversight mechanisms.
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PublishedMay 17, 2022
FBI investigating Dallas shooting in Koreatown as hate crime
Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia has said last Wednesday's shooting at Hair World Salon could be connected to two other shootings at businesses run by Asian Americans.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2022
Biden signs bill making lynching a federal hate crime
Congress first considered anti-lynching legislation more than 120 years ago, but it has failed to pass such legislation nearly 200 times.
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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.