An
Idaho prosecutor’s declaration that an alleged rape of a black, mentally disabled football player with a coat hanger by his white team-mate was not a sex crime and was not racially motivated has sparked mounting criticism among campaigners against sexual assault.
John RK Howard was
initially charged with felony forcible sexual penetration by use of a foreign object, but on Friday, the 19-year-old reached a plea bargain that allowed him to
plead guilty to a felony count of injury to a child. The deal will allow Howard to avoid prison time unless he violates his probation, the
Twin Falls Times-News reported.
The October 2015 assault drew
national headlines after
the victim told the courtthat he had been attacked by three football team-mates and sodomized with a coat hanger in the locker room.
The victim’s family filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the high school and school officials, claiming that the school had failed to protect the student from a campaign of racial harassment by other students that culminated in the sexual assault.
The victim was called racial epithets such as “watermelon”, “chicken-eater”, and n word, and Howard taunted the victim with a “Ku Klux Klan” song, the lawsuit alleged.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...ball-coat-hanger-rape-teammate-john-rk-howard
A Dietrich high school football player originally charged with sexually assaulting a black, mentally disabled teammate after an October 2015 football practice pleaded guilty to a lesser felony Friday, and prosecutors now say it wasn’t a sex crime or racially motivated.
John R.K Howard, 19, of Keller, Tex., pleaded guilty Friday in a Twin Falls courtroom to a felony count of injury to a child. He will be sentenced to two to three years of probation, which he’ll likely be able to complete in Texas, and prosecutors will recommend he be ordered to serve 300 hours of community service.
But Howard will avoid prison or jail time and could ultimately have his conviction dismissed if he successfully completes probation without violations or committing new crimes. And by submitting an Alford plea, he maintains his innocence while acknowledging prosecutors would likely be able to win a conviction at trial.
http://magicvalley.com/news/local/c...cle_2fc6d997-153a-5f8e-945f-d311ee73cd4c.html
WarRoom, can we get 42 pages+ of outraged against this racist POS? Can you blame Trump/Republicans, just like you people blamed Obama/Left wing for the Chicago Teens picking on the mentally ill white kid?
Thank you.
inb4 tumble weeds,shit talking on liberals/Obama, and "but but but" excuses.