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Eugene

(61,592 posts)
Tue May 17, 2016, 11:18 AM May 2016

Boston men jailed for Trump-inspired hate crime attack

Source: Reuters

Politics | Tue May 17, 2016 6:32am EDT

Boston men jailed for Trump-inspired hate crime attack

Two Boston brothers accused of urinating on and beating a homeless Mexican man and telling police "Donald Trump was right: All these illegals need to be deported," were sentenced to prison on Monday, prosecutors said.

Scott Leader, 38, and Steve Leader, 30, had previously pleaded guilty to indictments charging them with causing bodily injury while committing a civil rights violation, as well as assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, among other charges.

Scott Leader was sentenced to three years in prison and Steve Leader was sentenced to 1-1/2 years, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said in a statement. The pair will also be on probation for three years after their prison sentences end.

The Leaders were arrested on Aug. 19 on suspicion of beating Rodriguez, then 58, as he slept in a subway station. The men told police they targeted their victim because they believed he was an illegal immigrant.

The victim, Guillermo Rodriguez, said in a statement that he was in fact a permanent resident.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-mexico-beating-idUSKCN0Y805K
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Boston men jailed for Trump-inspired hate crime attack (Original Post) Eugene May 2016 OP
Awful. I think those sentences are way too short. n/t MerryBlooms May 2016 #1
Since when does being "very passionate about their country" become a crime? Tommy_Carcetti May 2016 #2

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,079 posts)
2. Since when does being "very passionate about their country" become a crime?
Tue May 17, 2016, 12:12 PM
May 2016

Quick, somebody call Amnesty International!

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