Three weeks before Colorado Springs elected its first Black mayor, a cross was burned beside a campaign sign defaced with a racial slur — but it turned out to be a publicity hoax.
DENVER (CN) — A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a Colorado woman to a year and a day in prison for her role in orchestrating a hate crime hoax designed to boost support for a candidate running for mayor of Colorado Springs in 2023.
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