The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a guilty plea by a man who admitted to firing a gun in the air to intimidate his Black neighbor in South Carolina.
The perpetrator pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges last week. He had publicly admitted to firing a gun in the air to scare his Black neighbor at the entrance of their subdivision because of his race.
SEE: HATE CRIME – The Clinton Chronicle
“We welcome the guilty plea in this case and thank law enforcement authorities for bringing the perpetrator of this despicable act of racist intimidation and aggression to justice,” said CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper.
He noted that CAIR previously welcomed hate crime charges against the perpetrator.
SEE: CAIR Welcomes Federal Charges for Racist Shooting Targeting Black Man in South Carolina
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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 Manager Ismail Allison, 202-770-6280, iallison@cair.com