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Trial Begins for Man Facing up to 10 Years in Prison for Anti-Israel Graffiti on Church
Raunaq Alam faces charges including a hate crime enhancement for vandalizing a church with anti-Israel graffiti following the church's display of an Israeli flag after October 2023 attacks.
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Anti-Israel vandalism trial in Tarrant County opens with one question: What counts as a hate crime?
The first day of Raunaq Alam’s trial in Tarrant County started with debate over whether “F*** Israel” is hate speech or a protected political statement. Alam and two others are accused of graffitiing “F*** Israel” on the wall of Uncommon Church in Euless and putting pro-Palestinian stickers on a church sign and flagpole. They’re charged with criminal mischief that damaged a place of worship, along with a hate crime enhancement — making the poten…
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