Guilty Verdict in Beating at Infamous Rally in Charlottesville, Va.
The jury recommends a sentence of 10 years, with the option of suspending some time, and a $20,000 fine for an Arkansas man who severely beat an African-American during a white nationalist rally in 2017.Click here to see a Greg Palast article about the attack on DeAndre Harris. It was posted on Truthdig on Aug. 14, 2017.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.—A white Arkansas man charged in the beating of a black man during a violent white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been found guilty of malicious wounding.
News outlets report 23-year-old Jacob Scott Goodwin was found guilty Tuesday for the August attack on 20-year-old DeAndre Harris.
The jury recommended a sentence of 10 years, with the option of suspending some time, and a $20,000 fine.
Harris suffered a spinal injury, a broken arm and head lacerations that required eight staples after the parking garage assault. Three others were arrested.
Goodwin claimed self-defense. However, Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Nina-Alice Antony says it was Goodwin who wanted to square off.
The rally was held to protest the removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from a city park.
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