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- Braden Birdsong, 28, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for a hate crime in Oklahoma City.
- He attacked D.G., a Black man, using racial slurs and causing bodily injury.
- The U.S. Department of Justice emphasized accountability in hate crimes.
- Jonathan Felkel, 34, pleaded not guilty to federal hate crime charges for shooting his neighbor, Jarvis McKenzie, in July.
- McKenzie advocates for a statewide hate crime law.
