AG Eric Holder attends service for three killed near Kansas City

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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. All Americans stand with the mourners of three people killed at Jewish community sites in suburban Kansas City, Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday, adding that hate crimes are "an affront" to the nation.

Before an overflow crowd of about 1,300, Holder joined Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and several religious and political leaders at an interfaith memorial service at the Jewish Community Center, the site of one of two shootings Sunday that stunned the city on the eve of Passover. Avowed white supremacist Frazier Glenn Cross, 73, is charged with the killings.

"Every alleged hate crime, no matter who the intended target, is an affront to who we are ... both as a country and as people. These acts cannot be ignored," Holder said. "Although our hearts are truly broken, all Americans stand with the people of Overland Park, of Leawood, and of Kansas City."

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April 18th, 2014
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