
A man was charged with hate crimes after allegedly making racist threats, leaving nooses around Michigan town
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In the aftermath of George Floyd's killing, several nooses were left around Saginaw, Michigan. Nearly two years later, a man is facing federal hate crime charges for it, the Justice Department says.
Kenneth David Pilon, 61, was charged this week with six counts of interfering with federally protected activities, a misdemeanor hate crime, court documents show. If convicted, each count carries a punishment that varies from a fine or imprisonment of up to one year, or both.
As nationwide protests against police brutality took place after Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer, Pilon allegedly tried to stop people from supporting Black Lives Matter during multiple incidents in the span of nearly five weeks.
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