Ex-firefighter who hung doll with noose to threaten black neighbors gets year in prison for hate

[TexasTowelie]

Ex-firefighter who hung doll with noose to threaten black neighbors gets year in prison for hate crime


FORT WORTH — A retired firefighter will spend a year in prison for tying a noose around the neck of a black baby doll and hanging it from a railing in front of his African-American neighbors' apartment.

Glenn Eugene Halfin, 64, of Grapevine pleaded guilty in July to a federal hate crime for his actions against his neighbors — Dante Petty, 28, his wife and their young daughter.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey L. Cureton on Wednesday sentenced Halfin to the maximum punishment that was available based on his guilty plea to the misdemeanor charge of interfering with an African-American family's housing rights.

Cureton ordered Halfin, who is out on bond, to report to prison in 30 days.

Halfin bought the baby doll at a Walmart in Grapevine on Dec. 19, according to documents. He tied a rope into a noose and hung the doll with it from the railing "directly in front of the only staircase the family could use to access their apartment," according to court records.

Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2018/10/24/ex-firefighter-hung-doll-noose-threaten-black-neighbor-gets-year-prison-hate-crime

[denbot]

1. But he was only trying to MAGA!

I’m sure he was one of those fine people on the other side.

[uponit7771]

2. Yep MAGA Terrorist gonna terror

[Lil Stinker]

3. He just wanted to let his neighbors know "They were in his thoughts"