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- Reported May 21, 2008Legal DevelopmentsHilo, HawaiiDrosstain Edward Pua, Isaac K. Alani, Wyatt Kimo Alani Jr., Richard Aliiloa Kaleaohano Jr. and Thomas Kaupu were all indicted on charges that included second-degree assault, third-degree assault and terroristic threatening after they allegedly attacked a group of nine campers because of their perceived race.
- Reported May 19, 2008Legal DevelopmentsFresno, CaliforniaBradley Smith was convicted of the federal charge of race-based interference in connection with a series of racially motivated threats against a black man who moved into Smith's community of Modesto. The incidents stretched from June 2005 to May 2007. Smith also was convicted of providing a false statement to an agent of the FBI.
- Reported May 17, 2008Legal DevelopmentsKansas City, MissouriSteven Sandstrom, a 22-year-old white man, was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted on charges of murder, firearms violations and witness tampering for his involvement in the death of a black man, William McCay, in March 2005. Gary Eye, a 21-year-old white man, was also sentenced earlier in the week to life in prison for acting as the triggerman in McCay's murder.
- Reported May 17, 2008IntimidationConemaugh, PennsylvaniaArthur D. Moss, a 22-year-old white man, and Shawn E. Lewis, a 20-year-old black man, were charged with simple assault, criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, four counts of terrorist threats and four counts of ethnic intimidation after they allegedly shouted anti-white remarks and threats to the white occupants of a car.
