Showing posts with label cross burning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cross burning. Show all posts
Monday, March 13, 2023
Mississippi man sentenced to three years in prison for burning a cross to intimidate Black family, US | CNN
Axel Cox, 24, was sentenced to 42 months in connection to the cross burning, which happened in December 2020 and violated the Fair Housing Act, the release said, adding Cox "admitted that he lit the cross on fire because the victims were Black and that he intended to scare them into moving out of the neighborhood."…
Monday, December 5, 2022
Mississippi Man admits he burned cross to 'intimidate' Black neighbors - The Washington Post
Federal court documents show that 24-year-old Axel Charles Cox signed a plea deal Thursday after acknowledging that he violated the Fair Housing Act, which protects people from discrimination. His neighbors, whom prosecutors have not publicly identified, were renting a property near Cox...
Sunday, September 25, 2022
Mississippi man faces federal charges for allegedly burning cross to threaten Black family: report - Raw Story - Celebrating 18 Years of Independent Journalism
On Friday, The Daily Beast reported that a 23-year-old Mississippi man faces federal charges after he allegedly staged a cross burning in his front yard to terrorize a Black family in his neighborhood…
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