Post by LIFE AND DEATH on Aug 6, 2005 0:18:55 GMT -5
Racism In Flight
BET.com Staff and wire sources
Posted Aug. 4, 2005 -- A White Philadelphia-area man was arrested after he kicked the seat of a Black couple and called them racial slurs on a first-class flight from Los Angeles to Philadelphia.
Robert Baldwin, of Montgomery County, was arraigned Tuesday on charges of ethnic intimidation, simple assault and harassment for his actions toward E. Steven Collins and his wife, Lisa. Collins has a radio show on WDAS radio in Philadelphia and is a board member of the Urban League.
Baldwin has a pre-trial hearing scheduled for Sept. 19, in Municipal Court. He faces a maximum five years in prison if convicted, according to a spokeswoman for the district attorney.
What should Baldwin’s penalty be if convicted?
BET.com Staff and wire sources
Posted Aug. 4, 2005 -- A White Philadelphia-area man was arrested after he kicked the seat of a Black couple and called them racial slurs on a first-class flight from Los Angeles to Philadelphia.
Robert Baldwin, of Montgomery County, was arraigned Tuesday on charges of ethnic intimidation, simple assault and harassment for his actions toward E. Steven Collins and his wife, Lisa. Collins has a radio show on WDAS radio in Philadelphia and is a board member of the Urban League.
Baldwin has a pre-trial hearing scheduled for Sept. 19, in Municipal Court. He faces a maximum five years in prison if convicted, according to a spokeswoman for the district attorney.
What should Baldwin’s penalty be if convicted?