cross-burning
Coverage of cross-burning in the Nexus archive.
- Suspect charged in cross-burning says it was anti-Trump protest, not hate crime
A suspect charged in cross-burning claims the act was an anti-Trump protest, not a hate crime. The burned cross was found at a Chicago park, and the suspect is an anti-Trump former student at the University of Illinois Chicago who is not White.
- Man Charged With Hate Crime, Arson After Grant Park Cross-Burning
A 21-year-old man has been charged with hate crimes, arson, and property damage after burning a cross in Grant Park. He claimed the act was a protest against Trump, not a hate crime. St. Sabina offered a reward for information leading to the arrest.
- Chicago cross-burning feared to be hateful racist threat turns out to be idiotic anti-Trump protest: ‘Saw the Wikipedia page’
A cross-burning in Chicago initially feared as a racist threat was revealed to be an anti-Trump protest. The individual involved, Lu, admitted his research into cross-burning was limited to reading a Wikipedia page.