Michigan man accused of threatening BLM supporters at Starbucks, leaving nooses for protesters
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Detroit Metro Times) A retired optometrist from Saginaw was charged with hate crimes for allegedly intimidating Black Lives Matter protesters and threatening to lynch a Black person, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.
Kenneth D. Pilon, 61, is accused of calling nine Starbucks stores in Michigan in 2020 and telling employees to tell their co-workers wearing Black Lives Matter shirts that the only good (N-word) is a dead (N-word). He also told an employee that hes gonna go out and lynch me a (N-word), according to prosecutors.
Pilon is also accused of leaving four nooses in parking lots and a fifth in a 7-Eleven store in the summer of 2020. Each noose was attached to a note that read, An accessory to be worn with your BLM T-shirt. Happy protesting! ..............(more)
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