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Is this too harsh? Georgia couple receive long sentences for verbal hate crime
Posted on 2/27/17 at 6:19 pm
Posted on 2/27/17 at 6:19 pm
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A young Georgia couple cried in court as they were sentence to a total of 28 years in prison on Monday for committing a hate crime at a young child's birthday party.
Kayla Rae Norton, 25, and Jose Ismael Torres, 26, drove with a caravan of trucks waving confederate flags and antagonizing a Douglasville, Georgia family as they celebrated a boy's eighth birthday party in 2015.
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Superior Court Judge William McClain delivered Torres a sentence to 20 years, with 13 served in prison, and Norton was given 15 years with six to serve in prison.
Upon their release, the two have been barred from Douglas County. After interrupting the party they also terrorized a nearby Wal-Mart and convenience store.
The couple were members of a group called 'Respect the Flag,' and were joined by a caravan of other people who shouted at adults and children that they would 'kill y'all n*****s,' while proudly displaying confederate flags.
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This post was edited on 2/27/17 at 6:20 pm
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Posted on 2/27/17 at 6:21 pm to RollTide1987
Something is missing here.
Posted on 2/27/17 at 6:22 pm to RollTide1987
White trash gonna white trash.
That's why I don't mind the Confederate flag, it lets me know people and places to avoid.
That's why I don't mind the Confederate flag, it lets me know people and places to avoid.
Posted on 2/27/17 at 6:23 pm to RollTide1987
Huh?
You get 5 years for murdering someone in a car while drunk.
This can't be the whole story unless - it took place in France or this is 1984.
You get 5 years for murdering someone in a car while drunk.
This can't be the whole story unless - it took place in France or this is 1984.
Posted on 2/27/17 at 6:24 pm to RollTide1987
28 years for waving a flag and being a retard?
I'm in agreement... There has to be more to this than the flag.
I'm in agreement... There has to be more to this than the flag.
Posted on 2/27/17 at 6:25 pm to RollTide1987
That's crazy. You would get less for molesting a kid. The story, as related in the Daily Mail, is bizarre.
Posted on 2/27/17 at 6:28 pm to RollTide1987
Hopefully the sentences get lowered on appeal, but I am glad a message was sent.
ETA: never mind, just saw the shotgun part. That's assault, brotha. And a few weeks after Dylan Roof? frick off.
ETA: never mind, just saw the shotgun part. That's assault, brotha. And a few weeks after Dylan Roof? frick off.
This post was edited on 2/27/17 at 6:30 pm
Posted on 2/27/17 at 6:28 pm to RollTide1987
Local Story
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26-year-old Jose Ismael Torres will spend 13 years in prison; 25-year-old Kayla Rae Norton is to serve six years.
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slurs and threatening to kill partygoers, even the kids. Prosecutors said Torres pointed a shotgun at the party.
This post was edited on 2/27/17 at 6:30 pm
Posted on 2/27/17 at 6:30 pm to RollTide1987
This seems excessive given that rapists and murderers get less time.
Shitty and trashy but sentences seem extreme.
Shitty and trashy but sentences seem extreme.
Posted on 2/27/17 at 6:36 pm to RollTide1987
Why is someone named Torres waving Confederate flags anyway 
Seems very extreme however.
Seems very extreme however.
Posted on 2/27/17 at 6:45 pm to RollTide1987
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The couple were members of a group called 'Respect the Flag,' and were joined by a caravan of other people who shouted at adults and children that they would 'kill y'all n*****s,' while proudly displaying confederate flags.
Is this documented or simplky "reported"?
That said, this is absurd. The whole concept of a "verbal hate crime" is repulsive, imo.
Posted on 2/27/17 at 6:46 pm to RollTide1987
What the frick? That's extreme. I thought we had a First Amendment and definitely don't have hate speech laws.
People who commit murder have gotten off for less. frick this country
People who commit murder have gotten off for less. frick this country
Posted on 2/27/17 at 6:47 pm to RollTide1987
The last paragraph and sentence of the article explain the harsh sentence more than their actions:
Seems like the judge used a totally unrelated case to make a point with these sentences.
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Judge McClain noted to the defendants that their actions came less than a month after the fatal shooting of nine black men and women at a historic church in Charleston by 22-year-old Dylann Roof.
He was recently given the death penalty.
Seems like the judge used a totally unrelated case to make a point with these sentences.
Posted on 2/27/17 at 6:48 pm to RollTide1987
This country is fricked, hope that bs gets overturned or reduced. Those sentences are complete bs.
Posted on 2/27/17 at 6:49 pm to RollTide1987
If this is as advertised, which seems somewhat unlikely, this is crazier than that woman who was sentenced to eight years for voter fraud.
Where do states find these fricking judges?
Where do states find these fricking judges?
Posted on 2/27/17 at 7:01 pm to RollTide1987
Yes, probably too harsh
I just don't care enough to care. Enjoying prison douche bags
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antagonizing a Douglasville, Georgia family as they celebrated a boy's eighth birthday party in 2015.
I just don't care enough to care. Enjoying prison douche bags
Posted on 2/27/17 at 7:08 pm to RollTide1987
Not too harsh. This trash interrupted a kids birthday party with their ignorance. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Posted on 2/27/17 at 7:10 pm to RollTide1987
For what they said? Yes.
For the flag? Yes.
For the shotgun? No.
Stupid games...
For the flag? Yes.
For the shotgun? No.
Stupid games...
Posted on 2/27/17 at 7:17 pm to RollTide1987
pour encourager les autres.
Posted on 2/27/17 at 7:27 pm to RollTide1987
You can rape a child and get lessome years then this. This seems extreme.
If the shotgun part is true give them some gun crime. Couple hundred hours of community service and ban them from the county. Maybe 30 days in jail, i dunno.
If the shotgun part is true give them some gun crime. Couple hundred hours of community service and ban them from the county. Maybe 30 days in jail, i dunno.
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