Mississippi man gets hate crime charge in cross burning
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on September 24, 2022
JACKSON, Miss -- A Mississippi man has been charged with a federal hate crime for burning a cross in his front yard to threaten his Black neighbors, the U.S. Justice Department announced Friday.
Axel Cox, 23, has been charged with one count of criminal interference with the right to fair housing and one count of using fire to commit a federal felony.
According to court records, Cox chose to burn a cross in front of a Black family because of . . .