NEWSNATIONNOW (Tatiana Carter) - Man charged with Chicago cross burning back in court
"My protest has nothing to do with race, nothing to do with gender," he said.
JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Illinois cross burning to protest Trump policies puts spotlight on state’s governor
Pritzker condemned the June 10 incident on social media after reports emerged that a burning cross had been found in Chicago's Grant Park.
HUFFPOST - Man Who Admitted Burning Cross In Chicago Park Charged With Hate Crime
Martin Lu, 21, has been charged with four felonies and four misdemeanors, including a hate crime and burning a cross to intimidate.
THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Suspect in Cross-Burning ‘Hate Crime’ is Anti-Trump Asian Who Was Protesting Christian Nationalism.
A 21-year-old man faces multiple charges, including a hate crime, after setting a cross on fire in a Chicago park, claiming it was a protest against President Trump.
A 21-year-old Asian man faces multiple charges, including a hate crime , after setting a cross on fire in a Chicago park. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Merlin Lu, 21, has been charged with a hate crime , arson, and other offenses after setting a cross on fire in Grant Park, Chicago . Lu admitted to the act, but said it was not intended as a symbol of racist intimidation but a protest against President Donald J. Trump and Christian nationalism. DETAIL: Lu admitted responsibility for the act in an interview with a local television station but denied that it was intended as a racist symbol of intimidation against black people. Police announced on June 17 that he faces four felony charges and four misdemeanors, including a hate crime and…Open
JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - Man who burned cross in Chicago park, calling it a protest against Trump, charged with hate crime
The man told a local television station that he had placed a MAGA hat on the cross and intended the act to be a protest of the "ruling class" and Christian nationalists who support Trump.
THEFEDERALIST (Brianna Lyman) - Chicago Cross Burning Is Latest Example Of Left-Wing Extremism Being Blamed On GOP
All too often, acts of left-wing violence and extremism are ignored because the left is obsessed with the rather non-existent threat of right-wing extremism.
DAILYCALLER (Mark Tanos) - Chicago Socialist Asian Student Says Cross Burning Was Anti-Trump Protest Gone Wrong
'My protest has nothing to do with race.'
HUFFPOST - Man Sentenced For Staging Cross Burning Hoax To Help Elect Colorado Springs' First Black Mayor
Derrick Bernard was sentenced in federal court Wednesday to nearly four years in prison for making a threat or conveying false information about a threat.