Posted on 02/27/2017 6:51:12 PM PST by BackRoads775
A Georgia man and woman cried in court Monday after they were both sentenced to long prison terms for terrorizing a black child’s birthday party with Confederate flags, racial slurs and threats.
Jose Ismael Torres and Kayla Rae Norton were convicted earlier this month under a street gang terrorism law for the 2015 harassment in Douglassville, outside Atlanta, and cried in court on Monday.
Video footage from the party, little more than a month after Dylann Roof’s Charleston church massacre, shows a parade of trucks roaring by with Confederate battle flags.
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Here is what he was convicted of
TTorres was sentenced to 20 years, with 13 of them in prison, for aggravated assault, terroristic threats and street gang terrorism
Well that’s very commendable about protecting the family, but the fact stands, people that threaten to kill are not guilty of murder.
Thanks Nifster.
Seems like the reporters can’t get it right these days. Of course the editors may be trying to draw in readers to the absurd too.
I appreciate that clarification. This still seems high, but it’s a lot more reasoned.
I read the charges, but what did they do to the black folk other than parade around like assess shooting off their mouths?
Too me this almost sounds like an on going feud. The story at the link begs for details as it has few if any.
Read between the lines.
Their buddies took deals or were prosecuted with lesser charges.
That means their confederates testified against them.
And it most likely means they refused a plea deal.
They will have plenty of time to cry about it.
Btw, if they have video of them waving guns around, send me the link. Because if that’s what they were doing, the sentences are a close fit. Thanks.
I read the story and there’s no indication that they “crashed the kid’s party”. It said their convoy drove through two counties. I suspect the birthday party was simply along the “route” and wasn’t targeted. The actions were stupid but certainly didn’t justify such long sentences — unless the two had long criminal histories previously.
I’ve seen blacks driving similar convoys shouting racist anti-white slogans & they didn’t receive as much as a traffic ticket.
Douglasville, GA is 35% white, 60% black.
The judge is white.
A grand jury indicted 15 people in the “Respect the Flag” group.
Judge William McClain said at sentencing that Torres, 26, and Norton, 25, had committed a hate crime.
But Georgia does not have a hate crime statute.
Sounds possible that the racism wasn’t necessarily all on the side of defendants.
That had nothing to do with my question.
If you disagree with this sentence, it could only mean that you are a racist.
So true. The muzzie flag is a sign of hate. It needs to be banned from this nation.
Yep. Or some drunk with prior DUIs goes out and kills someone have gotten less time.
Reprehensible and stupid, but hardly a crime deserving a prison sentence.
“I’ve seen blacks driving similar convoys shouting racist anti-white slogans & they didn’t receive as much as a traffic ticket.”
Were they waving a gun and threatening to kill kids?
This was a bad act, but what does the confederate flag have to do with it?
Just the state of Georgia trying to make a “statement”.
3 to 5, out in 4 after appeal/deal. GA does not want to get this tossed on a rather easy appeal on free speech issue
“GA does not want to get this tossed on a rather easy appeal on free speech issue.”
Waving a gun and threatening to kill kids is not protected by the First Amendment.
I smell a movie that could be the early feel good front runner for the black lies matter 2017 Oscar for Best Picture.
Any black person who owns an iPhone, just shoot it. Make it up as you go. Truth, content, quality...none of that matters.
The envelope please....you’re guaranteed by Price Waterhouse to win.
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