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2 White Men Convicted Of Hate Crime For Beating Black Man In Walmart

Written by News One on July 23, 2009 1:57 pm

A federal jury has found two men guilty of committing a hate crime for beating a black man outside a Nampa Wal-Mart last year.

Michael Bullard and Richard Armstrong both face up to 20 years in prison when they are sentenced Oct. 19. Jennifer Hartpence was also accused in the hate crime, but the charges against her were dismissed before the case went to the jury on Wednesday.

Federal prosecutors said that the defendants, who are all white, plotted an attack against Raylen Smith, then 24, after encountering him in the aisles of Wal-Mart. They beat him in the parking lot until he blacked out.

A fourth man accused in the attack, James D. Whitewater, pleaded guilty before the case went to trial.

Tags: Hate Crime, Wal-Mart
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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/shoot4damoon/ shoot4damoon

    at walmart? Thats out in the open…pretty bold.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/panamaniak/ panamaniak

    you’d be surprised where these savages strike. and they are “savages” NOT because of their color. but because how can you hate a person you don’t know because of his color,sexual orientation,religion,etc? savages come in ALL shapes,colors,sizes,etc.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/chickisblazing2009/ chickisblazing2009

    okay a hate crime got it.
    i dont believe he got beat by white people. how long did this fight happen? okay i need some answers !lllllloooolllll
    there is no private area in any walmart. so he got jumped for a while. then someone finally broke it up. that is some f**ked s**t for sure.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Starville1/ Starville1

    WHAT A SHAME

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/youngr80/ youngr80

    Thats why i keep a banger with me

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/NICOQ/ NICOQ

    *OPEN SEASON ON BLACK AMERICANS*

    Don’t fall for it,they want a race war. So they can call in the storm troopers.(The Po Po) they just waitin.

    Watch ya selves out there. Something told me to grabb them hammers.

    Be safe stay clean be easy

    \\//

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/_A_/ _A_

    you can expect this to increase significantly, as the anti Obama sentiment begins to rise!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Metra23/ Metra23

    Still we live n dis world with this hate crime. God when will it STOP people need 2 wake up and realize it is tha end of tha world!!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/res1xi8q/ res1xi8q

    self-defense is a must so BLACK MAN STRAP UP

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/john_jetter/ john_jetter

    Have all you fine people ever noticed that everything trashy happens at a walmart near you?

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