High School sucked, racism made it suck more…but damn trying to hang someone while screaming racist slurs, come on Ohio, we can do better.
From
Teen Accused of Tying a Noose Around a Latino
An Ohio teen accused of dragging a Latino young man in a parking lot with a noose last year has been sentenced to 10 days in jail.The 18-year-old pleaded no contest to ethnic intimidation in juvenile court Wednesday after dropping his original plea of not guilty. A charge of aggravated menacing was also dropped.
Robert Cantu , 17, says a group of teenagers tied a noose around his neck and dragged him from a sidewalk to a parking lot while shouting racist slurs. He says a bystander intervened before the teens were able to follow through on their threat to hang him.Cantu’s family is now planning to sue the city of Mount Vernon, Ohio.
(See Citizen Orange for more details about Robert Cantu and his attack)
This seems outrageous. I don’t know what sentence would be appropriate, but I think that anything less than 2 years is a joke.
And why in the world was only one of the assailants charged?
Wow. Racial crimes seemed so distant, and a thing of the past. I agree with Robert that anything less than two years is a bland sentence.
However, imprisoning him too much would only make him a potential unemployed person and therefore a potential criminal.
juvenile courts have different sentencing than adult criminal courts. “ethinic intimidation” is the only thing he plead to, which obviously carries a much lesser sentence than assault or aggravated menacing. Hence, the logic behind ANY jail time in this case.
Where’s Al Sharpton when you need him?
This is just crazy….and to think I just moved back to Ohio from NYC, boasting how kind Midwest people are. EMBARASSING!!!!
I’m glad you caught this Elena Mary. Voto Latino is doing excellent work by highlighting this case. Thanks for the link.