Man who painted hate symbols at Northwestern University sentenced to 7 years in prison
Shahid Hussain was sentenced to seven years in prison for painting swastikas and other hate symbols on Northwestern University property in January.
A man who defaced property at Northwestern University with hateful symbols was sentenced to seven years in prison.Shahid Hussain, 43, of Niles, pleaded guilty on Thursday to two counts of hate and one count of institutional vandalism. Cook County Judge Paul Pavlus sentenced Hussain during a hearing in Skokie.Hussain was accused of entering the Northwestern campus on Jan. 30 to draw swastikas and other Nazi symbols on numerous signs and other university property. Surveillance video also shows…
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