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CHARLOTTE, N.C. A Charlotte woman whose racist rant at two black women was filmed on video that went viral was sentenced to a year of unsupervised probation and no jail time on Wednesday.
Susan Westwood was sentenced after pleading guilty to misuse of the 911 system and two counts of simple assault, according to Meghan McDonald, spokeswoman for the Mecklenburg County District Attorney Office.
Judge Donald Cureton also ordered the 52-year-old Westwood to pay court costs, keep attending community support meetings and any after-care alcohol programs recommended as a result of her substance abuse assessment, McDonald said in an email to the Charlotte Observer.
Cureton also ordered Westwood to actively participate in meetings of the White People Caucus. The group, created by Organizing Against Racism, encourages white participants to examine and deconstruct their internalized racial superiority, according to the Organizing Against Racism website.
The judge also ordered Westwood to attend an October conference hosted by Race Matters for Juvenile Justice and to not contact the victims unless in a therapeutic or legal setting, according to his ruling.
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Aristus
(66,380 posts)are slapped with sanctions so draconian, they don't even want to go on living.
One year of unsupervised probation? May as well have given her a medal and a parade for her vile behavior...
NutmegYankee
(16,199 posts)Shed no doubt cozy up to the white supremacists. At least here she is forced into counseling on both substance abuse and racism.
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)But, in her mind, she's "hot."