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Lawmaker Who Called for People to ‘Loot and Burn’ Houses With BLM Signs Being Probed

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Lawmaker Who Called for People to ‘Loot and Burn’ Houses With BLM Signs Being Probed
A Black Lives Matter sign is held in Washington in a June 4, 2020, file photograph. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
9/4/2020|Updated: 9/4/2020

A state lawmaker may have violated the law when he called on people to “loot and burn” houses with “Black Lives Matter” signs.

Sean Locke, director of the Civil Rights Unit at the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, informed state Speaker Stephen Shurtleff on Thursday that Rep. James Spillane’s post is under investigation.

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Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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