Teens plead guilty in cross-burning case

[BuddyLee]

COVINGTON, Kentucky (AP) -- Two teenagers accused of burning a cross in the front yard of a black family have pleaded guilty in federal court.

Matthew Scudder, 18, of Hebron and James Foster, 19, of Independence pleaded guilty Thursday to violating the family's civil rights, intimidating the family and to aiding and abetting a juvenile involved in the crime.

Federal prosecutors said Scudder and Foster conspired to intimidate the family. They said Scudder and the juvenile burned the cross and threw bricks at the car's windows. The teens wore white hoods and shouted racial slurs as they targeted the family, the FBI said.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/09/03/cross.burning.ap/index.html

 

[SmallTown]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/09/03/cross.burning.ap/index.html

Everytime I look around and marvel at the advances that we as a society have made in the past 50 years, it is quite amazing.. Then something like this happens and it all comes crashing down. I guess certain groups haven't evolved as quickly as others.

 

[vraiblonde]

Then something like this happens and it all comes crashing down.

Why? Let's don't tar the masses based on the actions of a few.

If liberals would quit whining about the death penalty, we could cull the herd of these kinds of thugs and maybe have a better society. Oh well.