Nin-Yaaban Posted November 30, 2011 ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minneapolis man has been sentenced to six months in federal prison for assaulting an 83-year-old Somali man. George Thompson was sentenced Tuesday on one count of violating a federal hate crimes act named after Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr., two well-known hate crime victims. Thompson pleaded guilty in August. Court papers say the 64-year-old former employee of the Transportation Security Administration told the older man he was going to kill him and chased him into a Minneapolis street on May 4, 2010. Thompson admitted targeting the victim because he believed the man was a Muslim Somali. During the assault, prosecutors say Thompson told the man to go back to Africa and yelled ethnic and religious slurs at him. George Thompson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nin-Yaaban Posted March 9, 2012 Just found out the cops that arrested this Qashin were Somalis......poetic justice. Should've tased him for good measure too, good job Officers Abdiwahab Ali, and Mohamed Abdullahi. Two Minnesota Officers lauded for arresting Anti.Somali attacker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Somalia Posted March 9, 2012 Lol, only in Minneapolis Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
burahadeer Posted March 9, 2012 hahaaaa love this,that cops turned to be somalis thmslvs...poetic justice indeed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites