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One at a time, the white supremacists filmed last year battering a black man in a parking garage in Charlottesville, Virginia, are learning that they will be facing significant jail time.
Following a series of guilty verdicts over the past few weeks, a judge on Monday found Daniel Borden, 19, guilty of assaulting DeAndre Harris during last Augusts deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.
Borden, who was filmed beating Harris with a stick all while wearing a white hard hat that read Commie Killer entered an Alford plea, effectively admitting that enough evidence existed to find him guilty.
The presiding judge recommend a six-year sentence for Borden, who will receive his formal sentence in October.
Despite his youth, Borden already has a notable history of white supremacist violence and rhetoric. For instance, according to WCPO, a former middle school classmate accused Borden of threatening him with a knife, calling him Jew Boy. Borden, who had previously been charged with disorderly conduct for threatening a school shooting, also reportedly claimed to be a member of a group called Brothers of Confederacy.
https://thinkprogress.org/white-supremacist-found-guilty-after-charlottesville-928a69a05180/
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gratuitous
(82,849 posts)And if he does, you can bet he won't be calling these poor misunderstood white men "animals."
SCantiGOP
(13,871 posts)He calls them his base.
joshdawg
(2,651 posts)RockRaven
(14,990 posts)if EVERY SINGLE White House press corps reporter tomorrow asked Sarah Huckabee Sanders some variation of the question "Does Trump consider Daniel Borden to be a 'fine person' or not?" and nothing else.
She would never give a straight-up yes or no to the question anyways, but I'd love to see her fume over the perseveration.
BigmanPigman
(51,623 posts)These idiots are finding out that people are armed with cellphones and aren't afraid to use them. I guess soon they will wise up and start wearing hoods again instead of polo shirts, tan pants arm bands with hate symbols and messages on them.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Community service in a diverse setting as part of the sentencing.
I didn't know there was a name for it.
murielm99
(30,755 posts)join a white power gang there, and come out an even worse threat to society. Who are "animals" again?
Dopers_Greed
(2,640 posts)One-by-one