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Litigation

Feb. 9, 2007

Liquor Store Rampage Tests Meaning of Hate Crime

Can a group of men who call others of the same religion a disgrace while attacking them be guilty of a hate crime?

By Tim Hay
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SAN FRANCISCO - In November 2005, a group of young black men in suits and bowties entered two West Oakland liquor stores and smashed up the alcohol inventory with baseball bats.
      According to court records, one of the men said to a store owner that it was unconscionable to sell alcohol in a poor, black neighborhood - especially for a Muslim.
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