Posted on 03/21/2007 4:48:11 PM PDT by SmithL
New York (AP) -- A judge sentenced a man to 240 years in prison Wednesday for taking hostages in a bar and telling patrons that "white people are going to burn tonight."
State Supreme Court Justice Maxwell Wiley told Steven Johnson, 39, who is black, that he had forfeited his "right to live in society."
Johnson, 39, was convicted March 1 of attempted murder, assault and other charges, including some designated as hate crimes.
Johnson invaded Bar Veloce, in Manhattan's East Village neighborhood, while nine men and six women were inside it June 16, 2002. He was carrying three pistols, a samurai sword and a container of kerosene.
He told police he had left the Brooklyn housing project where he lived and taken the subway to go look for "happy" white people
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I remember to this day watching the TV images of the U-Texas tower, August 1966, as police counterfire ricocheted off the upper deck. So glad they offed the worthless murdering SOB!
Too bad that today's worthless murdering SOB will probably die after a lifetime of three hots & a cot, comforted by endless legal appeals!
So long as your motive is love and not hatred it is OK. If hate crimes are worse than love crimes must be much better!
Thank you, I try.
240 years - seems rather excessive.
Shouldn't the judge have shown some mercy and sentenced him to only 120 years?
Maybe with good behavior he'd be out in 80 years.
Nah, I like the 240 better and I would think the same if it had been a white person, brown person, yellow person, green person. Well you get my drift.
In defense of Charles Whitman, he did have a serious brain tumor that affected his behavior.
There is, to my knowledge, one gun shop left in NYC in Queens. The one near Fort Hamilton in Bay Ridge closed 3 years ago.
This is what the headline said:
"240-Year Sentence for NYC Hate Crime"
I don't see anything in this headline about assault, attempted murder and other crimes.
I do not think he should serve any more than 3 months....
After that time..he should be put to sleep....
Love crimes will rule the world....
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When spraying bullets remember to sing,"You always hurt the one you love, the one you shouldn't hurt at all".
Well! Is it finally possible that ALL hate crimes are being recognized as such?
How about just plain murder?
And then add, "This is going to hurt me more than it's going to hurt you!"
NOTE TO SELF: Do not appear happy while in public.
Keep your love crimes above the age limit.
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