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'They Broke My Son’s Face in 5 Places’: Des Moines Black Man Beaten in Potential Hate Crime
A black man was found brutally beaten in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, and he identified his assailants as three white men who used racial slurs during the attack. Now, his father and members of the Des Moines NAACP chapter are urging investigators to look into the possibility that a hate crime was committed. The…
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'White Power' Written on Iowa Woman's Front Door
An Iowa woman is upset after returning home from work Sunday afternoon to find a racist message written on her front door in permanent marker, the Des Moines Register reports. According to the news site, Kirsten Grant, 20, found “white power” scrawled in huge letters on the door of her apartment at Southern Park Apartments…
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Suspect in Killings of Iowa Cops Charged With Murder
An Iowa man who was known to police because of his several run-ins with officers and who had been banned from his daughter’s high school after waving a Confederate flag has been charged with murder in the ambush-style killings of two police officers, Reuters reports. Scott Michael Greene, 46, was arrested after turning himself in…
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Suspect in Killings of Iowa Cops Hospitalized, Has Not Been Charged: Report
An Iowa man suspected of killing two Iowa police officers in separate “ambush-style attacks” as they sat in their squad cars has not yet been charged for his alleged involvement and remained hospitalized Thursday for treatment of an existing medical condition, Reuters reports. Scott Michael Greene, 46, was arrested after turning himself in hours after…