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The 17-year-old defendant faces murder and hate crime charges as an adult.

NEW YORK — The teen accused of fatally stabbing a gay black man claimed to be Muslim during a standoff over voguing at a Brooklyn gas station, though his family says he’s Christian. A conflicting portrait of Dmitriy Popov emerged Monday as the 17-year-old, who surrendered Friday with his lawyer, was arraigned as an adult defendant on murder charges and ordered held without bail. The Midwood ...

Sibley was stabbed after he confronted teens who taunted his group of gay, Black friends as they danced at a Brooklyn gas station

The teen charged with a hate crime in connection with the fatal stabbing of O’Shae Sibley at a Brooklyn gas station initially identified as a Muslim before the brutal killing of the 28-year-old dancer. However, his family and lawyer are refuting those claims.

The suspects mother said her son goes to church so he couldnt have committed the alleged anti-gay hate crime.

17-year-old Dmitriy Popov’s lawyer and family countered claims from eyewitnesses that the suspect had said he was Muslim

NEW YORK — The teen accused of fatally stabbing a gay black man claimed to be Muslim during a standoff over voguing at a Brooklyn gas station, though his family says he’s Christian. A conflicting portrait of Dmitriy Popov emerged Monday as the 17-year-old, who surrendered Friday with his lawyer, was arraigned as an adult defendant on murder charges and ordered held without bail. The Midwood ...

Mark Pollard wrote in a piece for Campaign that 'open criticism towards agency staff is allowed to go unchecked'.

Social inequality is likely to be lower in the Falkland Islands than in countries with similar incomes according to the Chief Executive - so the people here are better off he says. But he also suggested that commonly used tools for measuring social inequality in larger countries might not be appropriate for the Falklands.

The Falkland Islands Government is committed to continuing to operate the Stanley Growers business, including fresh imports, MLA Mark Pollard said in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday.