White man shoots, kills three Black people at Dollar General in Jacksonville, Florida
The fatal shooting is being investigated as a hate crime and an act of racially motivated violent extremism.
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Ahmaud Arbery Killers Convicted of Federal Hate Crime in His Death
The three white men convicted of murder in Ahmaud Arbery’s fatal shooting have been found guilty of federal hate crimes.
Alabama House Votes to Make it a Hate Crime to Target Police Officers
The Alabama House of Representatives has approved a bill to make it a hate crime to target police officers. Representatives voted 92-0 to add the law enforcement profession to the categories, along with race and religion, covered by Alabama’s hate crime law. The bill found broad support in both parties in the House of Representatives following the shooting deaths of…
