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Article: HMONG LEADERS: CHARGE KILLING AS A HATE CRIME HATE CRIMES AREN'T USUALLY CHARGED, AND THE CHARGE HASN'T BEEN FILED IN HUNTER'S DEATH.(FRONT)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- April 30, 2007
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Byline: ROBERT IMRIE Associated Press
The nation's self-described Hmong newspaper screamed for justice in a slaying that rekindled racial tensions in northern Wisconsin and has some people convinced that hate was the prime motive.
" Hmong groups are bad,' killer admits; Hate crime still being sought," read the headline in Hmong Today as details of the crime unfolded.
Nearly four months after Cha Vang, a 30-year-old Hmong immigrant from Green Bay, was killed, many Hmong question why James Nichols of Peshtigo -- a 28-year-old white man accused of murdering Vang while both were squirrel hunting -- hasn't been charged with a hate crime.
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