A Mississippi man has pleaded guilty to federal charges related to a 2017 cross burning meant to intimidate black residents in the town of Seminary, federal prosecutors said.
A Mississippi man has pleaded guilty to federal charges related to a 2017 cross burning meant to intimidate black residents in the small town of Seminary, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday.
"These types of hateful actions have no place in our communities, and we will continue to fight for and uphold the civil rights of all throughout our State," U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi Mike Hurst said in a statement. The Justice Department’s civil rights division was involved in the prosecution of the case. The cross burning targeted people in the Keys Hill neighborhood of Seminary, prosecutors said.
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