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ADL Welcomes Hate Crime Plea in Plot to Blow Up Pueblo Synagogue

  Denver, CO, October 15, 2020 …The Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Region welcomed today’s announcement by the U.S. Department of Justice that Richard Holzer pleaded guilty to federal hate crime and explosive charges for plotting to blow up Temple Emanuel Synagogue in Pueblo. ADL Mountain States Regional Director Scott Levin issued the following statement: The news of a plot to blow

ADL, Colorado Sikhs commend Jeffco DA for filing hate crime charge against man accused of attacking Sikh business owner

Denver, CO, July 22, 2020 … The Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Region and Colorado Sikhs welcome the decision of First Judicial District Attorney Pete Wier to add a bias-motivated crime charge in the case against a man who is accused of attacking a Lakewood business owner and member of Colorado’s Sikh community.   The Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office announced