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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAlabama Woman Hung Racist Dolls with 'Boo Hoo' and 'KKK' Written on Them on Her Neighbor's Fence.
Now, Shell Spend 12 Months Behind BarsAn Alabama woman was sentenced to a year behind bars after prosecutors say she violated her Black neighbors civil rights.
In 2019, according to the Department of Justice, 64-year-old- Cheryl Lynn Pytleski displayed racially offensive homemade dolls on the neighbors fence to intimidate the neighbor and force them to move out of the neighborhood.
Prosecutors said that Pytleski admitted to targeting the neighbors due to their race. She pleaded guilty to a criminal violation of the Fair Housing Act in March. She was handed down her 12-month sentence on Wednesday, Sept. 6.
A person violates the Fair Housing Act if he or she uses force, or threatens the use of force, to willfully injure, intimidate, or interfere with, any person because of his or her race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, who is or has been engaged in the selling, purchasing, renting, financing, occupying, or contracting or negotiating for the sale, purchase, rental, financing, or occupation of any dwelling, the DOJ said in a press release.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/alabama-woman-hung-racist-dolls-183244366.html
Fucked around and found out.
a kennedy
(36,339 posts)Permanut
(8,564 posts)possibly as the head of "Fair Housing".
Wednesdays
(23,108 posts)in parts of Alabama, she'll be considered a hero and therefore a ripe candidate for public office.
2naSalit
(103,805 posts)dchill
(42,660 posts)...in Alabama. She'll be running for office before you know it. Shoo in.
2naSalit
(103,805 posts)Perhaps that is becoming evident with judges as they see no remorse among them during trial or after serving their too short sentences.
Igel
(37,613 posts)Celerity
(54,848 posts)Hung is the past tense of to hang when it means to suspend or be suspended.
Hanged is the past tense of to hang when it means to kill someone by tying a rope attached from above and removing the support from beneath.
Tansy_Gold
(18,167 posts)I was taught this distinction so many years ago and have never forgotten it. I cringe whenever I see either word used incorrectly.

Takket
(23,799 posts)i certainly hope the victims were financially compensated for having to upend their lives
ellie
(6,975 posts)Demobrat
(10,310 posts)Honest to god, what is wrong with some people? Why cant they just live and let live?
samplegirl
(14,124 posts)BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Well turn the lights out for ya.
Skittles
(172,833 posts)NOT

LiberalFighter
(53,544 posts)This is what happens when cousins marry
appleannie1
(5,478 posts)I can think of a few things that she deserves.
AntivaxHunters
(3,234 posts)Feast your eyes on this whacko.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088776677390&mibextid=avESrC]
mountain grammy
(29,201 posts)I just don't know..
Demobrat
(10,310 posts)she might want to rethink that.
mountain grammy
(29,201 posts)Hate makes people stupid. I think she broke a law she didnt know about and thought she had her right to free speech to threaten and harass her neighbors. There are laws for a reason and shes it.