Feds Indict 1 After Noose Put on Ole Miss Integration Statue
James Meredith, who integrated the University of Mississippi under federal protection a half century ago, says it’s a shame that state authorities deferred to the federal government to bring charges after a noose was left on a campus statue of him.
The Justice Department said Friday that a former Ole Miss student, Graeme Phillip Harris of Alpharetta, Georgia, has been indicted on one count of conspiracy to violate civil rights and one count of using a threat of force to intimidate African-American students because of their race or color.
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