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South Carolina Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Civil Rights Crime for Racially Motivated Shooting

The Department of Justice announced that Jonathan Andrew Felkel, 34, entered a plea of guilty today before United States District Judge Mary Geiger Lewis for violating the housing rights of his Black neighbor, J.M., in violation of 42 U.S.C. §. 3631.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice

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