Vermont shooting suspect is arrested in attack on Palestinian students

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : 'I have already been in touch with federal investigatory and prosecutorial partners to prepare for that if it's proven.'
59% : The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said it had seen a trebling of in reports of anti-Arab and anti-Muslim bias incidents in the month after the Hamas attack which killed more than 1,200 people on October 7.
59% : 'Due to the unprecedented spike in anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian hate and violence we have witnessed in recent weeks, local, state and national law enforcement authorities must investigate a possible bias motive for the shooting of these three young men,' its executive director Nihad Awad said in a statement.
51% : Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger said law enforcement would 'work relentlessly to bring the shooter to justice'. '
49% : We call on law enforcement to investigate it as such.
47% : The surge in anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian sentiment we are experiencing is unprecedented, and this is another example of that hate turning violent.'

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