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Texas Man Charged With Federal Hate Crime For Mosque Fire

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First Posted: 02/23/11 01:56 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 07:35 PM ET

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Dallas Star-Telegram:

A man accused of setting fire to playground equipment and painting graffiti at an Arlington mosque in July was charged Tuesday with a federal hate crime.

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A man accused of setting fire to playground equipment and painting graffiti at an Arlington mosque in July was charged Tuesday with a federal hate crime.
A man accused of setting fire to playground equipment and painting graffiti at an Arlington mosque in July was charged Tuesday with a federal hate crime.
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SDindependent
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09:17 PM on 02/23/2011
Texas seems to be a mixture of hate and guns.........where might it all lead?
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01:35 AM on 02/24/2011
HP is on an anti Texas roll lately.
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efffox
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08:42 PM on 02/23/2011
I'd bet dollars to donuts that man is a Fox "news" viewer!!
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spacekadet1
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04:41 PM on 02/25/2011
I'll bet he's a devotee of Glenn Beck and Rush Lardass.
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efffox
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05:09 PM on 02/25/2011
Without a doubt!
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sensimilla
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06:24 PM on 02/23/2011
im glad they called the police automatically instead of dealing with his apology full of lies and false emotion. Now he can tell it to a judge!
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06:14 PM on 02/23/2011
Why is this a hate crime when the woman in AZ that was a Border Vigilante that killed a Hispanic man and a 9 year old Hispanic girl not a hate crime?
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O K Ali
Wash your hands, seriously.
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01:50 AM on 03/13/2011
Shawna Forde killed those poor folk, not because they were Hispanic, but because she thought they had money and drugs. She's been sentenced to death anyway, so justice has been served.
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wowme
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05:38 PM on 02/23/2011
I wonder rep. king would investigate suspicious white christians
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05:53 PM on 02/23/2011
He goes to church with those people.
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wowme
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06:17 PM on 02/23/2011
And vandalizes mosques around the country
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05:21 PM on 02/23/2011
Lets "Throw the Book at him" we should make this guy an EXAMPLE and give him the maximum sentence......
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BobVADemHawk
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03:57 PM on 02/23/2011
On the surface, this does indeed appear to be a hate crime and should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. One can only hope, though, that the law is applied equally. Assaulting Islam, or any other religion, is equally as heinous as attacking Christianity. The same should apply for race. Attacking an African-American because there are such is equally as heinous as attacking anyone else because of their race.
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03:24 PM on 02/23/2011
Lock him up and throw away the key!
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02:52 PM on 02/23/2011
Not suprised, just take West's comments, or Issa planning to investigate every Muslim, or almost every GOP politician and FOX who constantly preach how the end is coming because of the Muslims.
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02:44 PM on 02/23/2011
I've never heard of the "Dallas Star-Telegram." You'd think the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, a newspaper that actually does exist, might be irritated.
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