Second man pleads guilty in cross burning hate crime
The Department of Justice announced that Graham Williamson pleaded guilty yesterday to federal charges related to the commission of a cross burning on Oct. 24,...
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Second man charged in cross burning hate crime
by Alex Paton
A second man has been charged in a federal hate crime. multiple news outlets report a court filing which accuses Graham Williamson of building a...
Mississippi man pleads guilty to crossburning
by Alex Paton
A Mississippi man has pleaded guilty to a hate crime. Louie Bernard Revette pleaded guilty to federal charges related to a crossburning in Oct of...
UPDATE: Man sentenced for hate crime murder of transgender woman
by Sarah Ulmer
Joshua Vallum appeared before a federal judge at 1:30 p.m. on Monday in Gulfport for hate crime charges. ...
Man pleads guilty to hate crime in 2014 murder of transgender woman
by Sarah Ulmer
WASHINGTON – Joshua Brandon Vallum, 29, of Lucedale, Mississippi, pleaded guilty today to a federal hate crime for assaulting and murdering Mercedes Williamson because she...
Potential legislation to protect officers from hate crimes being drafted
by Sarah Ulmer
JACKSON, Miss.- Lawmakers in Mississippi are in the process of drafting legislation that would include police officers as a protected class under the state’s hate-crime...
UPDATE: NAACP held press conference on alleged “hate crime” in Stone County
by Sarah Ulmer
STONE COUNTY, Miss.- The Mississippi State Conference NAACP held a press conference at the Stone County Courthouse at 3:00 p.m. to discuss allegations of a...
UPDATE: Man arrested for murder of transgender woman
by Sarah Ulmer
HATTIESBURG, Miss.- A vigil will be held on Tuesday at the Spectrum Center in Hattiesburg for a woman who was found murdered in a coast...
Car Vandalized, Confederate Flag Used, Claims Olive Branch Woman
by kim
OLIVE BRANCH, Miss.–It’ll cost about $800 to replace the tires on Nancy Miller’s car, but it may take more than that to give her peace...
South Carolina Church Shooting: Early Mississippi Reaction
by kim
CHARLESTON, S.C.–A shooting during the Wednesday night prayer meeting at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C., has left nine people dead, including the church’s pastor....