Civil rights activists call for hate-crime investigation into the killing of a black teen by a white man who had been released from prison 2 days earlier; suspect reportedly told investigators that he attacked the teen over rap music.
. Adams reportedly said rap music makes him feel unsafe because he has been attacked by people in the past who listened to it.The victim's family, speaking to NBC Phoenix affiliate KPNX, identified the teen as Elijah Al-Amin.with premeditated first-degree murder and appeared in a Maricopa County court the same day as the stabbing.
The alleged attack took place just two days after Adams was released from prison, where he had completed a17 year-old Elijah Al-Amin was stabbed to death at a convenience store in Peoria, Arizona on July 4, 2019.
Another one of our children has been murdered in a heinous and unprovoked way—the DOJ must investigate this hate crime immediately. RIP Elijah.
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