Couple gets prison time for racist threats at child’s birthday party

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Fucking assholes.

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/27/us/geo...index.html

(CNN) A Georgia couple who rode with a Confederate flag-waving group that made armed threats against African-Americans at a child's birthday party were sentenced to prison Monday.

Jose "Joe" Torres, was sentenced to 20 years, with 13 years in prison, after a jury convicted him on three counts of aggravated assault, one count of making terroristic threats and one count of violating of Georgia's Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act.

Kayla Norton was sentenced to 15 years, with six years in prison. She was convicted on one count of making terroristic threats and one count of violation of the Street Gang Act.

"Many people tried to make the case about simply flying the Confederate Battle Flag," Douglas County District Attorney Brian Fortner said in a statement. "This case was about a group of people riding around our community, drinking alcohol, harassing and intimidating our citizens because of the color of their skin."

On July 25, 2015, Torres and Norton, joined about a dozen other people in a convoy of pickup trucks waving large Confederate flags as they drove around Douglas County, a suburban Atlanta community. Most of them belonged to a group called "Respect the Flag."

[FatAndFaithless]

Yup. Pieces of scum.

"Torres, who had retrieved a shotgun from his vehicle, pointed his shotgun at the group of African American party-goers and stated he was going to kill them while his co-defendants stated that 'the little ones can get one too,' referring to the young children at the party," the statement said.

The most pathetic part is one of the defendants said this in court,

"I want you all to know that is not me. That is not me, that is not him. I would never walk up to you and say those words to you."

Bullshit. You belong to a thinly-veiled racist group with a history of talking about this shit and you decide to drive up to a children's b-day party with a fucking shotgun after getting drunk. You are what you do. You did that.

[The Valkyrie]

Those are pretty good sentences.

Vermin like that need to be locked up and kept away from the public.

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Maybe their time in prison will help rehabilitate them and change their views?

I doubt it though, they'll probably just join the "Aryan Brotherhood" or something.

[Chad32]

Yup. Pieces of scum.  

"Torres, who had retrieved a shotgun from his vehicle, pointed his shotgun at the group of African American party-goers and stated he was going to kill them while his co-defendants stated that 'the little ones can get one too,' referring to the young children at the party," the statement said.

The most pathetic part is one of the defendants said this in court,

"I want you all to know that is not me. That is not me, that is not him. I would never walk up to you and say those words to you."

Bullshit.  You belong to a thinly-veiled racist group with a history of talking about this shit and you decide to drive up to a children's b-day party with a fucking shotgun after getting drunk.  You are what you do.   You did that.

Yeah. Beer does not turn you into a different person. It just removes inhibition. Meaning how you act while drunk is what you are on the inside. People who get violent when they're drunk are people who feel violent throughout their day, but keep that part of themselves restrained in public. Drunk you is basically more you than sober you is.

[Secular Elf]

I am glad that they got the sentence the judge layed down upon them. it is no less than they deserve. That is some pretty ballsy dumb-ass mean red-neck shit to bust up a kid's birthday party (of black folk no less) by waving Confederate flags and shooting at them. Someone could have got killed. Very hateful.

[brewer]

I heard that she pulled out the gun, loaded it, then handed it to him. He pointed stating that he'd take out the kids also. 

Cry me a river. 

Did they mention if Angola was an option for incarceration?

[vorlon13]

That's a crime in Georgia, and they can get a conviction for it ?

JFC!! When did the world change ??

[Amarok]

Huh and people keep telling that  racism doesn't exist anymore. and it's all hysteria.

[Rev. Rye]

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE.

Once again, I have to ask: Jesse Custer, help a brother out, will you?



Why the fuck do I have to do this post twice in one month?