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March 13, 2017

Florida Arsonist Sought to "Run Arabs Out of Our Country"
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In Florida, a man attempted to set a convenience store on fire Friday
morning, later telling police he wanted to "run the Arabs out of our
country." Sixty-four-year-old Richard Leslie Lloyd told police he
believed the store's owners were Muslim-although they are of Indian
ancestry-and that he was "doing his part for America." The arson
followed a rash of recent hate crimes targeting South Asian men.


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