Who is Axel Cox? Mississippi man, 24, can face 10 years in prison for burning a cross to scare a Black family
GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI: A 24-year-old Mississippi man who left his Black neighbors terrified by burning a cross in his front yard, pled guilty in a Federal court on Thursday, December 1. Axel Cox, from Gulfport, admitted to using "racially derogatory" terms against the Black family and terrorizing them just because they started living next door.
Cox gathered supplies from his residence and put together a wooden cross in his front yard and propped it up so the said family could see it prior to dousing the cross with motor oil and setting it on fire. He later admitted he burned the cross because of the victims' race. Cox can face a maximum penalty of a decade behind bars and a fine of up to $250,000 for the crime, as per Daily Mail.