Man With White Supremacist Ties Faces Hate Crime Charges In Black Teen’s Death

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An African-American teen who died after an August hit-and-run was intentionally targeted because of his race, according to a newly released indictment in Oregon.

Russell Courtier, a 38-year-old ex-con with a lengthy rap sheet, and his girlfriend, 35-year-old Colleen Hunt, were already facing charges of murder in the death of 19-year-old Larnell

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I want to see these hate groups treated like ISIS and al Qaeda

I'm glad somebody said it...

I'm glad for the hate crime charge, too. We'll see if they get convicted, though.

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“Here you have a violent criminal and he is able to get out of jail simple because of something like overcrowding or parole,” he said. “If he had been held fully accountable for his prior actions he would not have been able to do this. Letting him out was just as reckless as leaving a loaded gun on a playground.”

So he was previously incarcerated for a violent crime but was let off due to overcrowding. This is just reprehensible.