Mt. CLEMENS, Mich. – A white neighbor admitted to shooting at a Black family’s Michigan house, slashing tires on a car, and spraying racist graffiti on a pickup truck because of a Black Lives Matter banner in the window, according to a court.
He explained, “I targeted these individuals because I didn’t like their political sign in the window.” “I think you guys are wonderful individuals who don’t deserve anything.”
According to The Macomb Daily of Mount Clemens, Frederick, 25, was sentenced to four to ten years in jail.
A gunshot was fired through the front window of the Halls the next day.
The attacks occurred at a period when many Black people were feeling increasingly anxious and angry as a result of rallies against police brutality.
“I’m not enraged, I’m not enraged. Candace Hall, 55, stated in Frederick’s sentence, “I’m forgiving.” “You’re a decent child with a bright future ahead of you. We recognize that you made a poor decision. We have our own children. We are Christians, not nasty people.”
Judge Diane Druzinski expressed her admiration for the Halls’ “strength, wisdom, and forgiveness.”
Druzinski remarked, “I wish I was as good as people like you.”
Although a no-contest plea is not an admission of guilt, it is utilized in sentencing.