Ohio teen recovers from attempted lynching

Robert Cantu said four people put a noose around his neck and dragged him from the sidewalk to an adjacent parking lot.
"These guys were in the back of a truck with a noose and they jumped out and said, 'Get the black kids' and they all ran and then they said, 'Get the spic.' So they jumped on me, pulled me down and put the noose on me," said Robert, who is a Latino. Full Story »

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Patricia Blochowiak
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by Patricia Blochowiak - Jun. 18, 2009

Scary story about lynching attempt in small town Ohio. Doesn't say much about how unusual the charge of "ethnic intimidation," rather than attempted murder, seems.

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