The Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacist groups historically practiced cross burnings to intimidate Black and Jewish people.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man who burned a cross in his front yard to intimidate his Black neighbors was sentenced Thursday to 42 months in prison.
U.S. Southern District of Mississippi Judge Sul Ozerden handed down the sentence after Axel Cox, 24, today!
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