Amid potential changes to state civil rights law, a bipartisan compromise emerges

By: Ethan DeWitt

Outlets: NH Bulletin

Published: May 5, 2026

Words: 2,102

Last Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago

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After a Weare woman allegedly fired a gun at a car on her property in 2024 because the driver was Black, New Hampshire’s Department of Justice sought to take action on civil rights grounds.

But the department didn’t pursue criminal hate crime charges against the woman, Diane Durgin. Instead, in addition to the criminal assault and threatening she already faces from county prosecutors, the state sued Durgin in March under the state’s Civil …

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