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Hundreds march against hate crime in Minneapolis’ Uptown

By Andy Birkey | 01.30.09 | 12:11 pm

Even with temperatures hovering around zero, more than 300 people gathered Thursday night in Minneapolis’ Uptown neighborhood to march in solidarity following the violent attack on Kristen Boyne, a lesbian who was beaten as she walked home from work last week. Their message: “It’s a woman’s right to walk at night.”