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Manhattan grand jury brings hate crime charges against Colorado man accused of spray-painting swastika on Charging Bull statue
A Colorado man was indicted Wednesday for a hate-fueled 2021 spree where swastikas were painted on Wall Street’s landmark Charging Bull statue and a nearby pharmacy, prosecutors announced Wednesday. James Ryan, 40, was also charged with drawing the Nazi symbol on a gate outside City Hall and scrawling an anti-Black slur at the same downtown location. “Hate has no place in New York City and these offensive and damaging actions will not be tolerated,” said Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. “As alleged, James Ryan put emblems of hate on a city building and one of Manhattan’s most iconic symbols.”
Man Spray-Painted Swastika On Charging Bull In Racist Rampage: DA
James Ryan, 40, of Colorado, faces hate crime charges after prosecutors said he scrawled racist graffiti over Lower Manhattan.
Man charged with defacing NYC’s Charging Bull statue with antisemitic symbols: Prosecutor
A Colorado man was indicted on hate crime charges Wednesday for allegedly defacing public spaces in New York City -- including the iconic Charging Bull statue -- with Nazi symbols and racial slurs in 2021.
D.A. Bragg Announces Hate Crime Charges Against James Ryan for Antisemitic and Racist Graffiti
“Hate has no place in New York City and these offensive and damaging actions will not be tolerated. As alleged, James Ryan put emblems of hate on a city building and one of Manhattan’s most iconic symbols, the Wall Street Charging Bull,” said D.A. Bragg.
New York jail captain who walked away as inmate hanged himself is convicted of negligent homicide
A supervisor in a now-shuttered New York City jail who walked away after an inmate hanged himself to death with a makeshift noose has been convicted of negligent homicide, the district attorney's office announced on Tuesday.
Jury finds NYC jail captain guilty of criminally negligent homicide
A New York City jail captain has been convicted of criminally negligent homicide for waiting to intervene as a man was dying in his cell in November 2020. Rebecca Hillman, 40, could spend up to four years in prison.
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