WASHINGTON – George Thompson, 64, a former employee of the Transportation Security Administration in Minneapolis, pleaded guilty today in federal court to violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act by assaulting an 83-year-old Somali man on May 4, 2010, the Department of Justice announced today. According to information presented during the plea hearing, Thompson targeted the elderly man because he had a red beard, which caused Thompson to believe that th .... [More]