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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(137,348 posts)
Fri Sep 8, 2023, 07:47 PM Sep 2023

Alabama Woman Hung Racist Dolls with 'Boo Hoo' and 'KKK' Written on Them on Her Neighbor's Fence.

Now, She’ll Spend 12 Months Behind Bars

An Alabama woman was sentenced to a year behind bars after prosecutors say she violated her Black neighbor’s civil rights.

In 2019, according to the Department of Justice, 64-year-old- Cheryl Lynn Pytleski displayed “racially offensive homemade dolls” on the neighbor’s 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.
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Alabama Woman Hung Racist Dolls with 'Boo Hoo' and 'KKK' Written on Them on Her Neighbor's Fence. (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2023 OP
Good, wish it was for more. 🤬 🤬 🤬 a kennedy Sep 2023 #1
I'm seeing a place for her in the restored Mango Mussolini Administration.. Permanut Sep 2023 #2
You may be joking, but Wednesdays Sep 2023 #7
Not long enough. 2naSalit Sep 2023 #3
Not nearly. It just establishes her cred... dchill Sep 2023 #16
Exactly. 2naSalit Sep 2023 #18
"Hanged". n/t Igel Sep 2023 #4
No, hung is correct Celerity Sep 2023 #5
Thank you, Celerity Tansy_Gold Sep 2023 #11
yw! Celerity Sep 2023 #13
moving is a terribly time consuming and expensive process Takket Sep 2023 #6
What a POS ellie Sep 2023 #8
Hope she likes her neighbors in jail. Demobrat Sep 2023 #9
Not ing enough! samplegirl Sep 2023 #10
Have a nice stay... BlueIdaho Sep 2023 #12
she looks repentant Skittles Sep 2023 #14
Probably hangs out in bars. LiberalFighter Sep 2023 #15
Shit! Aristus Sep 2023 #17
Wonder what her new neighbors hang on HER cell these days. appleannie1 Sep 2023 #19
I found her Facebook! AntivaxHunters Sep 2023 #20
Is crazy better than stupid? mountain grammy Sep 2023 #21
Well, crazy landed her in jail, at least according to her, so Demobrat Sep 2023 #22
She's stupid mountain grammy Sep 2023 #23

Permanut

(8,564 posts)
2. I'm seeing a place for her in the restored Mango Mussolini Administration..
Fri Sep 8, 2023, 07:58 PM
Sep 2023

possibly as the head of "Fair Housing".

Wednesdays

(23,108 posts)
7. You may be joking, but
Fri Sep 8, 2023, 08:44 PM
Sep 2023

in parts of Alabama, she'll be considered a hero and therefore a ripe candidate for public office.

dchill

(42,660 posts)
16. Not nearly. It just establishes her cred...
Fri Sep 8, 2023, 09:38 PM
Sep 2023

...in Alabama. She'll be running for office before you know it. Shoo in.

2naSalit

(103,805 posts)
18. Exactly.
Fri Sep 8, 2023, 10:03 PM
Sep 2023

Perhaps that is becoming evident with judges as they see no remorse among them during trial or after serving their too short sentences.

Celerity

(54,848 posts)
5. No, hung is correct
Fri Sep 8, 2023, 08:29 PM
Sep 2023
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/hanged-or-hung/

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)
11. Thank you, Celerity
Fri Sep 8, 2023, 09:09 PM
Sep 2023

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)
6. moving is a terribly time consuming and expensive process
Fri Sep 8, 2023, 08:31 PM
Sep 2023

i certainly hope the victims were financially compensated for having to upend their lives

Demobrat

(10,310 posts)
9. Hope she likes her neighbors in jail.
Fri Sep 8, 2023, 09:01 PM
Sep 2023

Honest to god, what is wrong with some people? Why can’t they just live and let live?

appleannie1

(5,478 posts)
19. Wonder what her new neighbors hang on HER cell these days.
Fri Sep 8, 2023, 10:08 PM
Sep 2023

I can think of a few things that she deserves.

Demobrat

(10,310 posts)
22. Well, crazy landed her in jail, at least according to her, so
Fri Sep 8, 2023, 11:58 PM
Sep 2023

she might want to rethink that.

mountain grammy

(29,201 posts)
23. She's stupid
Sat Sep 9, 2023, 12:06 AM
Sep 2023

Hate makes people stupid. I think she broke a law she didn’t know about and thought she had her right to free speech to threaten and harass her neighbors. There are laws for a reason and she’s it.

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