Relative of slain Black teen calls for white Kansas teen to face federal hate crime charges
- A relative of a Black 14-year-old who was shot and killed is calling for federal hate crime charges to be filed against the white Kansas teenager accused of the murder.
- The suspect, Derrick Del Reed, who is charged as an adult with first-degree murder, sent threatening racial slurs in Snapchat messages prior to the shooting and expressed his readiness to start shooting.
- Witnesses testified that the shooting occurred after a teenage girl called the victim outside, claiming that Reed wanted to fight him. However, the victim was at a significant distance from Reed's house when the gunfire occurred.
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Relative of slain Black teen calls for white Kansas teen to face federal hate crime charges
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A family member of a slain Black 14-year-old is calling for a white Kansas teen to be tried on federal hate crime charges in the shooting death. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Kamarjay Shaw’s cousin, Michael Berry, called for federal involvement in a letter to the U.S. attorney for Kansas. Derrick Del
Relative of slain Black teen calls for white Kansas teen to face federal hate crime charges
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) -- A relative of a slain Black 14-year-old is calling for a white Kansas teen to be tried on federal hate crime charges in the shooting death, noting recent testimony about threatening racial slurs.
Relative of slain Black teen calls for white Kansas teen to face federal hate crime charges
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A family member of a slain Black 14-year-old is calling for a white Kansas teen to be tried on federal hate crime charges in the shooting death. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Kamarjay Shaw’s cousin, Michael Berry, called for federal involvement in a letter to the U.S. attorney for Kansas. Derrick Del Reed was 17 when Shaw was killed this March but is charged as an adult with first-degree murder. The trial is set to sta…
Relative of slain Black teen calls for white Kansas teen to face federal hate crime charges
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A family member of a slain Black 14-year-old is calling for a white Kansas teen to be tried on federal hate crime charges in the shooting death. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Kamarjay Shaw’s cousin, Michael Berry, called for federal involvement in a letter to the U.S. attorney for Kansas. Derrick Del Reed was 17 when Shaw was killed this March but is charged as an adult with first-degree murder. The trial is set to sta…
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