White supremacists sentenced for attack on Black DJ: US Justice Dept.
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Four white men with white supremacist ties are sentenced in federal court in Seattle for an assault on a Black DJ in 2018.
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The Justice Department announced on Friday, January 27, that four members of a white supremacist group were sentenced for attacking a Black disc jockey at a tavern in the US state of Washington.
The department said in a press release that "four men who assaulted a Black man because of the man’s actual and perceived race at a bar in Lynnwood, Washington, were sentenced today in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington."
According to the release, all four men – Jason DeSimas, Jason Stanley, Randy Smith, and Daniel Dorson – previously pleaded guilty to one count of committing a hate crime and one count of making false statements to investigators.
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The release added that DeSimas was sentenced to four years, Stanley to just over 47 months, Smith to 42 months, and Dorson to 28 months.
After beating a Black man named Tyrone Smith, according to an AP report, the four men were charged in an indictment in 2020.
They admitted to going to the bar with other members of Crew 38, a support group for the Hammerskins, a white supremacist organization, stated the release, adding that many of the members of the group had swastika tattoos.
"All four defendants punched and kicked Smith, even after he fell to the floor, while some in the group called him racial slurs," the release said.
The victim suffered physical injuries such as bleeding and swelling in one eye, loss of consciousness and bruising on his back, chest, and legs.
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