Mississippi man charged with burning cross to intimidate Black neighbors, pleads guilty to hate crime
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on December 5, 2022
A Mississippi man has pleaded to a federal hate crime for burning a cross to intimidate his Black neighbors, according to the Department of Justice.Â
Axel C. Cox, 24, of Gulfport, Miss., admitted to violating the Fair Housing Act when he used threatening and racially derogatory remarks to a Black family and burned a cross to intimidate them in December . . .
