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Milwaukee Educators Call for Hate Crime Charges After White Attorney Spits on Teen Protest Leader
A 17-year-old high school student who was spat on by a white attorney during a Black Lives Matter protest in Milwaukee is calling for “prompt and appropriate” justice in his case. Eric Lucas, a junior at Shorewood High School and an organizer of the Saturday demonstration, spoke at a press conference about the incident on Monday.…
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Charlottesville, Va., Attacker Pleads Guilty to 29 Federal Hate Crimes
On August 12, 2017, James Alex Fields Jr. plowed his car into a crowd that was peacefully protesting the infamous Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., injuring 28 people and killing 32-year-old activist Heather Heyer. Nearly two years later, Fields, the white supremacist who was convicted of murder in that deadly car attack on…
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Ex-University of Hartford Student Accused of Smearing Bodily Fluids on Black Roommate’s Belongings Will Avoid Hate Crime Charges
Brianna Brochu, the former University of Hartford student accused of harassing her roommate and contaminating the living space by smearing bodily fluids all over her roommate’s belongings, pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of breach of peace and criminal mischief. Brochu claimed that her roommate, Chennel “Jazzy Rowe,” who is black, was rude to her…