Black leaders decry sentence for man who targeted protesters
JIM SALTER, Associated Press
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Missouri NAACP President Nimrod Chapel Jr., center front, speaks as activist leader Darryl Gray, backs left, St. Louis County NAACP President John Bowman, back center and St. Louis city NAACP President Adolphus Pruitt look on during at a news conference in front of the St. Charles County Courthouse, Thursday, May 27, 2021, in St. Charles, Mo. Chapel and other Black leaders want answers about why a white man who planned to attack racial injustice protesters with explosives was granted probation and a suspended sentence.Jim Salter/AP
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — Black leaders called Thursday for federal prosecutors to file hate crime charges after a judge gave a lenient sentence to a white Missouri man who stockpiled explosives meant to target the Black Lives Matter movement and other protesters.