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Jeremiah Munsen Faces Federal Hate Crime Charge for Allegedly Flashing Nooses at Jena Rally

It was one of the few blights reported by the organizers of a 20,000-person civil rights demonstration held last year in a Louisiana town at the center of a national race debate. As a group of marchers waited for a bus to transport them from Alexandria, La., to Tennessee, a pickup truck allegedly cruised slowly by, a pair of nooses hanging from the back of the truck. Local police officers took notice and arrested the teen driver and his passenger. Four months later, federal prosecutors have... Full Story
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