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(Saw this earlier, figured TL might have an opinion): An Iowa man got 10 years (on 4 charges) after he burned a cross he put on the front lawn of a woman who had 3 biracial children living with her.
Now, I believe he deserves jail time for commiting a hate crime, but just in the interest of sparking controversy, who said the cross had anything to do with the woman's biracial children?
Any thoughts here?
(Random source: http://thestarpress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080606/NEWS06/80606040)
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A little group called the KKK started that whole association you know them?
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United States24342 Posts
What crimes was he convicted of?
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he burned a cross? Why not just attack them with holy water instead. I mean common, a fucking cross.
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United States22883 Posts
INDIANAPOLIS — A Delaware County man convicted of a cross burning directed at a Muncie woman and her three biracial children was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison on Friday. Advertisement
Former U.S. District Judge John D. Tinder, now a federal appeals court judge, handed down the sentence for the hate crimes that federal prosecutors called “deeply disturbing.”
Kyle A. Milbourn, 22, listed in court records with addresses in Daleville and Oakville, was convicted March 11 on four federal hate crimes involving the burning of an eight-foot wooden cross in front of the home of a biracial family in south Muncie in March 2006.
The four counts included using fire during the commission of a felony, interfering with the housing rights of another person; conspiring to interfere with civil rights, and tampering with a witness. The sentence called for 121 months for all counts.
A second defendant, Kyle S. Shroyer, 22, pled guilty last year to violating the civil rights of the victim and her children. He was sentenced last January to 15 months in prison for his role in the hate crime.
According to a plea agreement Shroyer signed, he and Milbourn discussed plans to burn the cross, put lumber, nails, a hammer, a shovel and a gasoline can in the back of Milbourn’s truck, and drove to the victim’s house, where they built the cross and erected it, poured gasoline on it and set it ablaze.
The two men then took photographs of themselves at the crime scene before running away. 1. It was an Indiana man 2. He pleaded guilty 3. What Raelcun said 4. He took fucking pictures of himself with his redneck friend after doing it
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anyone not familiar with the significance of the burning cross or the history of the dirty south should check out mississippi burning, fantastic film
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10 years.. is a lot though;
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Yeah, as much as it makes me happy to see him getting 10 years...I still have to admit that's a bit harsh.
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Spenguin
Australia3316 Posts
So is a \ 17 year old highschool kid getting life for attempted murder on a white 17yr old. All the black kid did was punch him because he was gettign harrassed for sitting under the white boy tree. Its the South of America, I am so confused
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LMFAO @ SPENGUIN...I guess you need to be in the states to understand...
I really wonder if this Obama presidential thing will reflect any of this hatred....
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On June 08 2008 13:14 Kennelie wrote: LMFAO @ SPENGUIN...I guess you need to be in the states to understand...
I really wonder if this Obama presidential thing will reflect any of this hatred....
I live in the States and I don't understand it.
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On June 08 2008 13:07 Falcynn wrote: Yeah, as much as it makes me happy to see him getting 10 years...I still have to admit that's a bit harsh.
A man in Texas was recently sentenced to 35 years for spitting in public because he had AIDS.
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On June 08 2008 13:19 T-P-S wrote:Show nested quote +On June 08 2008 13:14 Kennelie wrote: LMFAO @ SPENGUIN...I guess you need to be in the states to understand...
I really wonder if this Obama presidential thing will reflect any of this hatred.... I live in the States and I don't understand it.
He meant cuz Obama's half too...
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On June 08 2008 13:25 il0seonpurpose wrote:Show nested quote +On June 08 2008 13:19 T-P-S wrote:On June 08 2008 13:14 Kennelie wrote: LMFAO @ SPENGUIN...I guess you need to be in the states to understand...
I really wonder if this Obama presidential thing will reflect any of this hatred.... I live in the States and I don't understand it. He meant cuz Obama's half too...
I was obviously referring to the first half of his post, in which he said you had to be in the States to understand it.
On June 08 2008 13:14 Kennelie wrote: LMFAO @ SPENGUIN...I guess you need to be in the states to understand...
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On June 08 2008 13:25 Haemonculus wrote:Show nested quote +On June 08 2008 13:07 Falcynn wrote: Yeah, as much as it makes me happy to see him getting 10 years...I still have to admit that's a bit harsh. A man in Texas was recently sentenced to 35 years for spitting in public because he had AIDS.
Source?
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iNcontroL
USA29055 Posts
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10 years for burning something that means "time to leave?" That is a fucking garbge situation.
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Anybody else think of Little Tiny Mustache?
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thedeadhaji
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hm so ig uess this is the conviction
"conspiring to interfere with civil rights,"
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wtf, 10 years for burning a cross?
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