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PublishedApril 23, 2022
Waterville man denies charge related to homemade explosive
Xavier Pelkey is accused of having homemade explosive devices intended for use in an attack on a mosque.
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2022
Jury selection begins in hate crimes trial of men in Ahmaud Arbery murder
Given extensive pretrial publicity, U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood ordered roughly 1,000 jury duty notices to be mailed to residents across 43 Georgia counties.
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2022
One of 3 men convicted in Ahmaud Arbery’s killing retracts plea before hate crime trial
Greg McMichael reversed course late Thursday and has taken back his guilty plea ahead of the men's federal hate crime trial.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2022
Judge rejects plea deal on hate-crime charge for man who killed Ahmaud Arbery
Arbery’s mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones, asked the judged to reject the deal and described the U.S. Justice Department’s decision to propose it as 'disrespectful.'
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2021
Two teenage girls charged with violating Maine Civil Rights Act in racist spray-painting incident
The girls, both from Bangor, are suspected of painting racial slurs on the car of a Pakistani-American and person of color.
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2021
Judge sentences Biddeford man to 3 years in prison for hate crime
Dusty Leo, 30, was one of two men involved in attacks on Black men in Portland and Biddeford in 2018.
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PublishedAugust 30, 2021
Hate crimes spiked in Maine and nationwide in 2020, new FBI data show
Maine police reported 83 bias-motivated crimes last year, surpassing the total from the previous 3 years combined.
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PublishedAugust 30, 2021
Hate crimes rise to highest level in 12 years amid increasing attacks on Blacks, Asians
The FBI tallied 7,759 hate crimes last year, marked by a global pandemic, a divisive presidential election and upheaval in the economy.
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PublishedMay 20, 2021
Biden signs bill to counter spike in anti-Asian hate crime
The president lavishes praise on Democrats and Republicans for approving the bill by lopsided margins and sending it to the White House for his signature.
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PublishedMay 13, 2021
Bates students support Palestinians, denounce college
Bates College student government and others decry decision to call police over anti-Israel graffiti as 'a censure of student voices.'
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