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Tattoo shop raises money for woman who reported hate crime (JournalStar)

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Dozens of people permanently marked their skin in the week and a half since a Lincoln woman said three men carved anti-gay slurs into her body.

Fifty people paid to get “NOH8” tattoos pricked into their skin after Hartland Tattoo shop near 10th and South streets started offering them for $40.

Owner Adam Hart said the shop will donate $10 from each to Charlie Rogers, who told police three masked men barged into her house early on the morning of July 22, bound her with zip-ties and carved the slurs into her skin before trying to set her house on fire.

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Complete article at Journal Star : http://bit.ly/NLQ4q4