The "hate crimes" aspect of it is stupid. Just the fact that they threatened people with a firearm is sufficient to put them away and should put them away.
"Hate crimes" laws just need to go away.
MisterVeritis (03-16-2017)
Trump should issue a travel ban for those living in Douglas county, Ga.
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MisterVeritis (03-16-2017)
The couple only threatened some African Americans with a gun without firing a shot or harming people. A hate crime charge is somewhat disproportionate to what they had done. If they had killed or fatally injured someone, 20 years in prison would have been appropriate. The maximum penalty for threatening death or bodily harm is normally five years imprisonment.Back in July, Kayla Rae Norton and Jose Ismael Torres went around Paulding and Douglas counties in a pick-up truck sporting a number of Confederate flags. At one point, Norton and Torres stopped their pick-up truck at the birthday party of an eight-year-old African-American child, flung racial slurs in the family's direction, and allegedly pointed a shotgun at the people in attendance, threatening to kill people at the event, per Austin News NBC news affiliate KXAN. The couple also threatened African-American drivers, yelled at them, and approached one vehicle with a gun.
http://www.complex.com/life/2017/02/...birthday-party
Last edited by ThirdTerm; 03-17-2017 at 03:50 AM.
MisterVeritis (03-17-2017)