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Mar 2024
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A Senseless and Brutal Crime - March 15 ...

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March 15th: Kriss Donald Killed (2004)

All crimes seem senseless. But they feel especially so when the victim is a child who just so happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. On March 15th 2004 a young boy became a victim for nothing more than his location and the color of his skin.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Kriss_Donaldhttps://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/far-right-group-exploit-race-28704027https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/scottish-news/8592618/fascists-kriss-donald-murder/https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottish-news/kriss-donald-murder-top-scots-26477302https://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/news/20615389.kriss-donald-killer-attacked-inside-hmp-greenock/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/ABDUCTED%2C+TORTURED+AND+BURNT+ALIVE%3B+Kriss+pleaded+with+killers+%27I%27m...-a0154113820https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/nov/09/race.ukcrime

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