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CRIMEJun 18 · 14:27 UTCWTOP DCWTOP Staff

Man who admitted setting cross on fire in Chicago park is charged with a hate crime

A 21-year-old man named Merlin Lu was charged with a hate crime and arson after admitting to setting a cross on fire in Chicago's Grant Park. Lu claimed the act was a protest against President Donald Trump and Christian nationalists, not a racially motivated act of hate.

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