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Criminal Implications of Charlottesville Car Attack

Charlotte Criminal Lawyer Brad Smith answers the question: “How is getting charged with a crime on a college campus different from being charged off campus?”   The incident over the weekend in Charlottesville, VA where neo-Nazis and white supremacists gathered to protest the removal of Confederate statues resulted in the…

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Louisiana Tries To Protect Cops With New Hate Crime Legislation

Charlotte Criminal Lawyer Brad Smith answers the question: “Am I allowed to videotape an interaction with police? Can they make me stop filming?”   Hate crime legislation is designed to protect those who are victims of discrimination or violence perpetrated by others. The laws are written to provide this protection…

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Vandalism and North Carolina’s Hate Crime Law

Charlotte DWI and Criminal Defense Attorney J. Bradley Smith of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question: What are the long term effects of being convicted of a crime?   Police officers in North Carolina are on alert after a recent incident of vandalism left many unsettled. The graffiti wasn’t merely…

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