Two girls were trick-or-treating on Halloween night when a large group
of teens attacked them, leaving both high school seniors unconscious.
One needed surgery to repair her eye socket.
The victims were white, and their attackers were black. Seven attackers
were girls, and one was an 18-year-old boy. The boy said that he did not
attack the girls; he tried to protect them.
"So why were you swinging a skateboard?" asked a witness. The boy said
that he was swinging the skateboard at the attackers, not the victims.
The prosecution added "hate crime" to the charge of assault because racial slurs were made before the victims were attacked.
The trial in Long Beach lasted almost four weeks. All the attackers were
found guilty, but not one spent even a day in jail. The judge sentenced
them to "house arrest" for a month. House arrest meant that they had to
sleep in their own beds at home. The boy had to do 20 hours of
community service.
Law-abiding white and black adults were outraged at the light sentences.
The two girls required hospital care, yet the thugs received a mere
slap on the wrist. Concerned parents immediately created a website for
recalling the judge.
source : eslfast.com
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