Thursday, October 15, 2020

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 June 6th in Michigan a local man was accused of striking a group of black teenagers with a bike lock after repeatedly calling them names using racial slurs. Both CNN and Fox News report on this as he now charged with a hate crime. Fox News, published today, titled "Michigan man charged with federal hate crime after attacking Black teen with bike lock: prosecutors" Fox reports the crime from June 6th explaining a witness claimed to see the man shout the "n-word" before saying "black lives don't matter."  Fox explains the man was white who targeted the kids accusing them of playing loud gang music and to turn it down while yelling slurs. When approached he allegedly hit one with a bike lock causing sever damage.  CNN reports from yesterday titled "Michigan man charged with hate crimes after he allegedly attacked a group of Black teenagers and called them the N-word." CNN reports the use of the n-word" in the titled and further down explains the intendent and how they have tried to reach out to the man responsible for the attack. They end the article with the date of the incident and explain the attack happened in the midst of prolonged protests against racism. Fox News made no comment on this.

CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/14/us/michigan-racist-charged-trnd/index.html

Fox News: https://www.foxnews.com/us/michigan-hate-crime-black-teen-attack-bike-lock

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