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Matthew Herrmann, Illinois Man Convicted In Noose Attack, Ordered To Write Lynching Essay
Matthew Herrmann after his 2012 arrest in the noose attack.
02/28/13 09:03 AM ET EST
CHICAGO -- A northern Illinois man who helped put a noose around the neck of an African American teenager has been sentenced to probation and ordered to write an essay on the history of lynching in the United States.
A Cook County judge also ordered 19-year-old Matthew Herrmann of Alsip to read his paper to the victim of the attack and other community members at an event known as a "peace circle."
The Chicago Sun-Times reports ( http://www.suntimes.com/18514434-418/alsip-man-receives-probation-in-racial-attack-with-noose.html [ http://bit.ly/WiaKLn ]) that Herrmann was initially charged with felony counts of committing a hate crime, unlawful restraint and battery. But under a deal with prosecutors, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery.
Prosecutors say Herrmann and two other white accomplices attacked 17-year-old Joshua Merritt in 2011, putting the noose around his neck and threatening him with a knife.
Information from: Chicago Sun-Times, http://www.suntimes.com/index
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press
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Matthew Herrmann after his 2012 arrest in the noose attack.
02/28/13 09:03 AM ET EST
CHICAGO -- A northern Illinois man who helped put a noose around the neck of an African American teenager has been sentenced to probation and ordered to write an essay on the history of lynching in the United States.
A Cook County judge also ordered 19-year-old Matthew Herrmann of Alsip to read his paper to the victim of the attack and other community members at an event known as a "peace circle."
The Chicago Sun-Times reports ( http://www.suntimes.com/18514434-418/alsip-man-receives-probation-in-racial-attack-with-noose.html [ http://bit.ly/WiaKLn ]) that Herrmann was initially charged with felony counts of committing a hate crime, unlawful restraint and battery. But under a deal with prosecutors, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery.
Prosecutors say Herrmann and two other white accomplices attacked 17-year-old Joshua Merritt in 2011, putting the noose around his neck and threatening him with a knife.
Information from: Chicago Sun-Times, http://www.suntimes.com/index
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/28/matthew-herrmann-illinois_n_2782084.html [with comments]
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