Chicago man charged with hate crime for burning a cross
Lu, for his part, has defended the act as a political grievance.
A Chicago man is scheduled for a court status hearing today on felony hate crime and arson charges after he admitted to setting a cross on fire in Grant Park and called it a political protest against the Trump administration.
What happened
Merlin Lu, 21, allegedly built a wooden cross on the after…
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