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September 25, 2021 - 7:58am | By Ty Schonert
(Fargo, ND) -- The nation's largest Muslim civil rights organization has North Dakota on its priority list.
Officials say Washington, D.C.-based Muslim Advocates is calling on state lawmakers to enact new hate-crime laws amid reports that an 11-year-old girl was assaulted this week in Fargo. In its complaint, the group alleges that 73-year-old Fargo resident Larry Baldner used an expletive in reference to a group of children playing basketball and then physically assaulted one of them.
He reportedly was charged with assault in the incident, which remains under investigation.