Justice Department Announces Resolution of Racially Motivated Crimes

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http://www.civilrights.org/archives/2011/09/1236-bias.html

September 7, 2011 - Posted by Corrine Yu

Two brothers who admitted they had hung a dead raccoon from a noose from a flagpole located in front of a Louisiana junior high school pled guilty to intimidating students based on race, the Justice Department announced on September 2.

The brothers were angered by the school’s new busing policy, which had increased the number of African-American children attending the school, and wanted to scare the children into leaving the school, the department said.

"Racially-motivated intimidation and violence is contrary to the American ideal of freedom, and it is particularly deplorable when it targets children," said Thomas E. Perez, assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. "The Department of Justice remains committed to prosecuting hate crimes whenever and wherever they occur."

In other recent Justice Department announcements:

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1. I am continually

unable to grasp the reason for this kind of bigotry in America's 21st century. When will we finally grow brains enough to move past this s**t?