FBI Investigates Cross-Burning Incident in South Carolina

The FBI conducted a search of a South Carolina home as part of an ongoing criminal civil rights investigation involving allegations of racial discrimination. Two residents, Alexis Paige Hartnett and Worden Evander Butler, were charged with harassment for allegedly setting up and burning a cross facing a Black neighbor's home. The incident report also revealed that the couple had harassed and stalked their neighbors with racially motivated words and actions. South Carolina does not have hate crime laws, but the FBI is leading the federal investigation.