(DHS) conducted a joint investigation with local police of Transportation Security Officer (TSO) George Loren Thompson, Minneapolis, MN. Thompson was arrested by Minneapolis Police Department officers after he was observed chasing and threatening to kill a young Somali male. At the time of his arrest, Thompson, who held a valid permit to carry a concealed weapon, was in possession of two handguns. A subsequent investigation determined that, in May 2010, Thompson had been identified, but not charged, by the Minneapolis Police Department, as the person who earlier assaulted an elderly Somali male. When we interviewed the 82-year-old victim, he recalled that Thompson had “strongly” grabbed him around the neck, while verbally identifying him as a Somali and cursing him. We submitted the case for consideration to the DOJ, Civil Rights Division and Thompson ultimately pleaded guilty to a one-count Criminal Information charging him with violation of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. He was sentenced to 6 months of incarceration and 36 months of federally supervised probation. According to the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, this is only the second conviction secured under the hate crime statute since it was enacted in 2009.