3 young Palestinian men were shot in Vermont. Their families thought the U.S. would be safer.
The Justice Department and Vermont authorities are still investigating whether Saturday's shooting was a hate crime.
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The Justice Department and Vermont authorities are still investigating whether Saturday's shooting was a hate crime.
Vigils for three college students of Palestinian descent who were shot in Vermont have prompted calls for authorities to recognize the violence as a hate crime.
The victims’ families and several civil rights groups have called on investigators to treat the case as a hate crime, as the attack comes amid a reported rise in anti-Muslim and anti-Arab bias incidents in the United States since the war between Israel and Hamas ignited last month.
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Jason Eaton appeared virtually for arraignment in Chittenden Criminal Court in Vermont, accused of shooting and injuring three Palestinian college students.