CAIR Welcomes Federal Hate Crime Charge for Mississippi Cross Burning
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/24/2022) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a federal hate crime charge brought against a Mississippi man who allegedly burned a cross in his front yard to intimidate his Black neighbors.
The U.S. Department of Justice announced that 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 for an incident in 2020.
SEE: Mississippi man gets hate crime charge in cross burning
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/fed-mississippi-man-hate-crime-charge-cross-burning-90400344
Mississippi Man Charged with Hate Crime for Allegedly Burning Cross to Intimidate Black Family
“We welcome the hate crime charge by federal authorities for this alleged act of racist intimidation and believe it will send a message to others who may contemplate turning their bigoted views into threatening actions,” said CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper.
He said CAIR and the American Muslim community stand in solidarity with all those challenging antisemitism, systemic anti-Black racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, white supremacy, and all other forms of bigotry.
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CONTACT: CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, e-Mitchell@cair.com; CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw, 202-742-6448, rmccaw@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Coordinator Ismail Allison, 202-770-6280, iallison@cair.com