Posted on 04/14/2006 6:08:20 AM PDT by KeyLargo
Student convicted of hate-crime hoax
By Barbara Bell Special to the Tribune
April 13, 2006, 10:13 PM CDT
A former student at Trinity International University in Bannockburn accused of sending anonymous threatening letters to minority students last year was convicted Thursday of felony disorderly conduct and ordered into counseling.
Alicia Hardin, 20, of Chicago was originally charged with a hate crime, a more serious offense, said Lake County Assistant State's Atty. George Strickland. But the charge was reduced through a plea agreement because Hardin was young and had no prior criminal record, he said.
"We considered that a felony conviction was necessary for her," Strickland said.
Associate Judge John Phillips placed Hardin, who is African-American, on two years' probation and ordered her to attend counseling and perform 200 hours of public service. She also was ordered not to have any contact with the college and pay $2,000 in restitution.
In the plea deal, Hardin was convicted without admitting guilt, said Assistant Public Defender Karen Levi.
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I am surprised that the Chicago Lib-une would publish this report.
Sheesh, this girl definitely needs a new hobby.
The Chicago Tribune is quite conservative, if I'm not mistaken. They've not endorsed a Democrat since 1872.
You are mistaken.
From a political standpoint she's very important.
Her story is a TEXTBOOK example of a convergence of forces doing what they do best - smearing Christians using the race card.
Her lies, the media's hype and the Democrat's spin
Liberals want some things to be true so bad....
....they just make it up.
Love Doc
The Chicago Tribune purchased the LA Times and both are liberal rags.
“If this issue of media bias is to be discussed, there is a need for some standard of left-to-right. Let me suggest a simple one. If Al Gore is center-left and George Bush center-right, one measure of whether a publication is liberal or conservative would be whether it endorsed Gore or Bush – and which party's presidential candidate it almost always endorses. And if being pro-life and in favor of Bush's tax cuts is conservative and being pro-choice and against the Bush tax cuts is liberal, what then constitutes the liberal press?
Answer: All three major networks, PBS, NPR and virtually all major U.S. papers – Boston Globe, New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Baltimore Sun, Washington Post, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Miami Herald, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Denver Post, Los Angeles Times. While the Wall Street Journal editorial page is neoconservative, USA Today – the nation's largest newspaper – is left of center.”
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=33103
It's a complete waste of time to read the Chicago Tribune for a long time, IMHO. At least I say that it's my opinion. That's a lot more honest than the Tribune.
Only the Editorial Page.
A couple years ago I sold every last share or TRIB stock we had, ending a 70+ year family connection to that newspaper.
And I let the Editor know why - the leftist reporting slant got to be too much. If it wasn't for John Kass, that paper would be entirely worthless.
So are you saying they continued to report it as a hate crime even after police said differently?
"Check out the front page of the Tribune today where it is virtually declaring a civil war in Iraq. Their front page has been an editorial page for a long time."
The Lib-une has a poll to freep today:
Do you think Iraq is in a civil war?
82.0%
Yes (278 responses)
18.0%
No (61 responses)
339 total responses
(Poll results not scientific)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/
In 1980, it endorsed the "independent" John Anderson over Ronald Reagan.
The Chicago Tribune's editorial board endorsed Bush in 2000 and 2004 while the Sun-Times endorsed Bush in 2000 but Kerry in 2004.
Here is a link of endorsements:
http://uspolitics.about.com/library/bl_endorsements.htm
And now the Tribune is wondering why they they're losing money. Their only profitable wholly-owned subsidary is the Cubs.
Lots of fans want the Trib to sell the Cubs; I would rather that they sold everything else and redeveloped as a sports and entertainment company.
Even though they did, it got not much other media coverage. Many people who heard about the original incident, probably still think it was real. This is a pity, as so much such incidents are hyped.
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