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Group plans march at site of Uptown hate crime

By Andy Birkey | 01.27.09 | 12:42 pm

Community members have organized a Thursday march in Minneapolis’ Uptown neighborhood as a protest to last week’s suspected hate crime against Kristen Boyne. Police say Boyne was beaten unconscious after two men called her a lesbian and kicked…

Woman knocked out in Uptown beating, police suspect hate crime

By Andy Birkey | 01.25.09 | 10:24 pm

Kristen Boyne, 32, was walking home from her job at Calhoun Square at 11 p.m. Thursday and decided to stop at a nearby grocery store to buy ice cream. Before she could make it into the store,