Mississippi man sentenced to more than 3 years in prison for burning a cross to intimidate Black family

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

Seems like a valid conviction to me. People can commit crimes on their own property, can they not?

No they cannot, otherwise the acts wouldn't be "crimes".

 

[JOSweetHeart]

Holly, do you know NOTHING about our country's history and what cross burnings represent particularly when done by white racists?

Still, no one was hurt or killed and so how much of a difference can the authorities make?

God bless you always!!!

Holly

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Excellent.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Still, no one was hurt or killed and so how much of a difference can the authorities make?

God bless you always!!!

Holly

3 years of your life?

 

[d0gbreath]

^^^ I agree, but only to a certain extent. If more than a cross had been burned, I would understand their being nervous, but that is just it. Only a cross was burned and did the fire spread in any way? No. Therefore, why get so worked up about what actually did take place?

God bless you always!!!

Holly

Because it was wrong. Tap into your extensive library of moral values.

 

[martybegan]

Can you murder whoever you like on your own property? No. You still have to respect other people.

Murder is speech now?

What about burning an American flag on your own property?

 

[Tommy Tainant]

AMississippi man has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for burning a cross in his front yard to intimidate a Black family, according to a news release from the US Justice Department.

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.”

Justice Department leaders condemned Cox’s actions, with Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division calling them “an abhorrent act that used a traditional symbol of hatred and violence to stoke fear and drive a Black family out of their home.

According to the Justice Department, Cox “wedged two pieces of wood together to form a cross, placed it in clear view of the victims’ residence,” following a dispute with the victims and “doused it in oil and set it alight. During this incident, Cox yelled threats and racial slurs toward the occupants of the house.”

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Was his rights violated?

Can you burn a cross on your lawn if you want to?

This pic screams gay nazi doesnt it ?