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A molotov cocktail that burned up a portrait of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on Monday has also broken the fragile peace that city leaders reached over the divisive display.
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The Sons of Confederate Veterans, the display's loudest advocates, are demanding its replacement and are urging police and prosecutors to treat the vandalism as a hate crime against 'southerners.'
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FBI agent John Donahue, who investigates hate crimes for the bureau's Richmond office, said 'southerners' is not generally regarded as a federally protected class under hate crime laws.
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