White supremacist pleads guilty in Las Vegas bomb plot case

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A self-described white supremacist pleaded guilty Monday in Las Vegas to collecting materials and planning to bomb a synagogue or office of the Anti-Defamation League, or shoot people at a fast food restaurant or a bar catering to LGBTQ customers. Conor Climo, 24, stood rigidly in yellow jail scrubs, answering, “Yes,... Read More

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Conor Climo

February 11, 2020

Guilty plea to federal charges in black church burnings

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — The aspiring ‘black metal’ musician who was arrested in a series of fires set at African American churches in Louisiana last spring pleaded guilty Monday to federal and state criminal charges. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a news release that Holden Matthews pleaded guilty to three counts of intentional damage... Read More

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Holden Matthews

February 4, 2020

Klobuchar’s claims about black teen’s case draw criticism

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Civil rights activists and legal experts challenged Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s claims that she was unaware of questionable evidence and police tactics used to send a young black teen to prison for life when she was a top Minneapolis prosecutor. In an interview with “Fox News Sunday,” Klobuchar denied that she had knowledge... Read More

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Amy Klobuchar

January 29, 2020

White supremacist appeals death penalty in church massacre

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — White supremacist Dylann Roof on Tuesday appealed his federal convictions and death sentence in the 2015 massacre of nine black church members in South Carolina, arguing that he was mentally ill when he represented himself at his capital trial. In a 321-page legal brief filed with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court... Read More

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Dylann Roof

January 24, 2020

Veteran accuses bank of discrimination for not taking checks

LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) — A Detroit-area bank that suspected fraud and refused to cash $99,000 in checks from a black Air Force veteran said Thursday that it mishandled the incident and should not have called police. Sauntore Thomas attempted to deposit checks from the settlement of a discrimination lawsuit against a former employer. He said... Read More

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Sauntore Thomas

January 15, 2020

St. Louis prosecutor invokes ‘Ku Klux Klan Act’ in lawsuit

CHICAGO (AP) — St. Louis’s elected top prosecutor says the city, its police union and others violated a Civil War-era law by allegedly engaging in a racist conspiracy to force her from office and prevent her from reforming racist practices. In a lawsuit filed Monday, Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner said the defendants violated the the... Read More

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Ku Klux Klan

December 4, 2019

Report: Racial divide shrinks in US criminal justice system

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Racial disparities have narrowed across the U.S. criminal justice system over 16 years, though black people are still significantly more likely to be behind bars than white people, new federal figures show. Racial gaps broadly declined in local jails, state prisons, and among people on probation and parole, according to the... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Race

December 2, 2019

Lawsuit against prominent white supremacists heads to trial

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A lawsuit filed on behalf of Charlottesville, Virginia, community members injured in white supremacist violence two years ago is headed to trial. A federal judge set a trial date this week of October 2020 in the lawsuit against prominent white supremacists, neo-Nazis and hate groups that were involved with the August... Read More

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neo-Nazis

November 26, 2019

Man charged in synagogue bomb plot pleads not guilty

DENVER (AP) — An alleged white supremacist accused of planning to bomb a Colorado synagogue pleaded not guilty to a hate crime and other charges on Monday as members of the congregation he is suspected of targeting watched from the back of the courtroom. Federal public defender Mary Butterton entered not guilty pleas to each... Read More

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Richard Holzer

November 7, 2019

S. Carolina man gets 10 years for forced labor of black man

CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — A white South Carolina man convicted of forcing a black man with intellectual disabilities to work at a restaurant for up to 18 hours a day without pay has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. The Justice Department announced Wednesday that cafeteria manager Bobby Paul Edwards was sentenced to federal... Read More

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Bobby Paul Edwards

November 6, 2019

2nd white man sentenced in 2017 Mississippi cross burning

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A second white man has been sentenced to federal prison for his part in burning a cross in 2017 in the yard of an African American family in south Mississippi. During a hearing Tuesday in Hattiesburg, U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett sentenced Graham Williamson, 38, to three years in prison. Williamson... Read More

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Louie Bernard Revette

November 6, 2019

‘I was appalled’: Black customers say host told them to move

AURORA, Ill. (AP) — An attorney representing a group of black customers who say they were asked to change tables at a Chicago-area Buffalo Wild Wings because of their skin color urged the restaurant chain Tuesday to make wholesale changes to avoid a discrimination lawsuit. Some children who attended the birthday party Oct. 26 in... Read More

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Buffalo Wild Wings

October 4, 2019

Judge OKs settlement of racial profiling suit in Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge approved a settlement Thursday in a police racial profiling lawsuit that African American residents filed against a majority-white Mississippi county, and a plaintiff said it will return “humanity” to those subjected to harsh treatment. The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi sued Madison County in 2017, saying sheriff’s... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Race

September 10, 2019

Jury awards $11.4M in racial bias case against Michigan

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A jury has awarded $11.4 million to a black couple who filed a discrimination lawsuit against the Michigan Department of Corrections. Attorney Jon Marko says Lisa Griffey was a probation officer who was racially harassed by white co-workers. She says they called her “mammy” and the “black one.” Marko says her... Read More

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Lisa Griffey

White supremacist pleads guilty in Las Vegas bomb plot case

Guilty plea to federal charges in black church burnings

Klobuchar’s claims about black teen’s case draw criticism

White supremacist appeals death penalty in church massacre

Veteran accuses bank of discrimination for not taking checks

St. Louis prosecutor invokes ‘Ku Klux Klan Act’ in lawsuit

Report: Racial divide shrinks in US criminal justice system

Lawsuit against prominent white supremacists heads to trial

Man charged in synagogue bomb plot pleads not guilty

S. Carolina man gets 10 years for forced labor of black man

2nd white man sentenced in 2017 Mississippi cross burning

‘I was appalled’: Black customers say host told them to move

Judge OKs settlement of racial profiling suit in Mississippi

Jury awards $11.4M in racial bias case against Michigan

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