9. LYNCHING FOR SPORT

In 2011 four white male teens decided to dissuade an African American teen from keeping company with one of their cousins by restraining him with a noose around his neck. On Wednesday February 27th, the eldest of the group was sentenced to two years of probation, required participation in healing circles with the victim and others, and he was ordered to write an essay about lynching. Apparently the learning black history is now a punishment in America.

Excerpt from NBC Chicago:

Herrmann and two other teens were accused of putting a noose around the African American victim’s neck, threatening him with a knife and calling him racially charged names. The victim was eventually able to escape the December 2011 attack.

The victim’s father said the attackers were unhappy with a relationship his son had with one of the attackers’ female cousins.

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