Prosecutors Add Hate Crime Allegations in Shooting Over Spanish Conquistador Statue theepochtimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theepochtimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Suspect in shooting over Spanish conquistador statue now faces hate crime allegations nbcnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nbcnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
State prosecutors have added hate-crime allegations to charges of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon against a New Mexico man accused in the shooting of a Native American activist amid confrontations about aborted plans to reinstall a statue of a Spanish conquistador in public. At court proceedings Thursday in northern New Mexico, defendant Ryan David Martinez of Sandia Park pleaded not guilty to all charges. A prosecutor indicated that the office will pursue sentence enhancements based on the use of a firearm and try to prove that the shooting was motivated by bias against a particular social group.