Three weeks before Colorado Springs elected its first Black mayor, news reports of a cross being burned beside a campaign sign defaced with a racial slur sparked outrage from local residents. Rather than a hate crime, however, federal investigators uncovered a publicity hoax.
DENVER (CN) — A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a Colorado Springs man to 46 months in federal prison for staging a hate crime to generate outrage and support for a Black candidate running for mayor of the city in 2023.
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