Mississippi man who burned cross to intimidate Black neighbors pleads guilty to hate crime
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on December 3, 2022
A Mississippi man pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime after he burned a cross in his front yard to intimidate his Black neighbors.
Axel Cox, 24, of Gulfport, admitted that on Dec. 3, 2020, he gathered supplies from his home, made them into a wooden cross and propped it up in his yard so his neighbors could see it, the Justice Department said in a news release Friday.
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