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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Stuti Mishra

Man charged with hate crimes for threatening BLM protesters with nooses

SETH HERALD/AFP via Getty

A Michigan man is facing hate speech charges for allegedly intimidating supporters of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement by leaving handwritten notes and nooses around his community.

Kenneth Pilon, 61, has been charged with six counts of interfering with federally-protected activities after racist notes were recovered from him in connection to the incidents that took place during the nationwide BLM protests in 2020 after the murder of George Floyd.

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