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Black Muslim Teen Beaten Following Obama Win

HeadlineNov 07, 2008

Here in New York, a black Muslim teenager appears to have suffered a post-election hate crime from whites angered at Obama’s victory. Seventeen-year-old Ali Kamara of Staten Island says he was walking home when four white men started attacking him. Kamara says the assailants yelled “Obama” as they kicked and beat him with a baseball bat. The NYPD is investigating the attack as a hate crime.

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