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Fourth Circuit Overturns Conviction Of Retired Air Force Colonel For Using Racial Slur

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MAY 12, 2021

In a major but likely controversial victory for free speech, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit overturned the conviction of a retired Air Force Colonel for using a racial epithet at the shoe store on the Marine base at Quantico in Virginia. Bartow was charged under Virginia Code § 18.2-416, Winston , 199 S.E.2d

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Fourth Circuit Overturns Conviction Of Retired Air Force Colonel For Using Racial Slur

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