Invisible Hate

Hit and Run Attacks in Des Moines

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A 14-year-old girl wakes up in a snowbank, scared and confused. She remembers turning her head just in time to see a Jeep jump the curb and accelerate towards her. She's not the only one that the person in the Jeep was targeting. Saadia and Asad share the story.

Source Materials 

  • Department Of Justice
  • New York Times
  • CNN
  • The Washington Post
  • The Gazette
  • Des Moines Register - August 19, 2021 
  • Des Moines Register - June 9, 2021
  • CTV News
  • CNN Broadcast Report
  • KCCI Des Moines Broadcast Report 
  • KCCI Gas Station Video 
  • NAACP - State By State Hate Crime Laws 
  • Department Of Justice - Hate Crime Laws
  • NBC News  
  • US Census - Des Moines City, Iowa
  • Interrogation Raw - A&E 
  • Online News Association Ethics 
  • Scribd - Nicole Poole Franklin Defense Sentencing Memo 
  • Cornell Law School
  • Prosperity Now Nonprofit
  • Rise Against Hate Nonprofit 
  • The Black Institute Nonprofit 
  • UnidosUS Nonprofit 
  • Latinos Unidos Nonprofit 


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    Produced by Immigrantly & Rifelion Media.

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