Kiah Morris, Vermont’s only black female state representative who resigned amid years of harassment by a local white supremacist, found out that the man who has been tormenting her will not be charged with a hate crime, according to the Burlington Free Press.
“The online communications that were sent to Ms. Morris by Max Misch and others were clearly racist and extremely offensive,” Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan said Monday. “However, the First Amendment does not make speech sanctionable merely because its content is objectionable.”
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Misch, wearing a black shirt emblazoned with Pepe the Frog—an adopted meme for White Supremacists online–showed up at the press conference taking another opportunity to antagonize Morris. Misch sent Morris hundreds of harassing online messages over a two-year period, starting in 2016.
Source: White supremacist, who harassed Black ex-Vermont state rep, will not be charged
