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A white high school footballer player who kicked a coat hanger into the rectum of his mentally disabled, Black, teammate has managed to avoid prison.

19-year-old John R.K. Howard was allowed to plead guilty to a lesser felony Friday, with prosecutors now claiming the attack was neither a sex crime nor racially motivated, the Times-News reports.

via The Root:

John R.K. Howard, 19, originally of Keller, Texas, pleaded guilty Friday in a Twin Falls, Idaho, courtroom to injury to a child. According to the news site, Howard will likely be sentenced to two to three years of probation, which he may be able to complete in Texas. Prosecutors will reportedly recommend that Howard serve 300 hours of community service.

Still, the 19-year-old will completely avoid prison or jail time for his part in the brutal October 2015 attack of a black, mentally disabled teammate after a football practice at Dietrich High School. According to the Times-News, he may even ultimately be able to have his conviction dismissed if he completes his probation without any issues and without committing any more crimes.

According to the Times-News, as part of the deal, Howard submitted an Alford plea, which allowed him to maintain his innocence while acknowledging that prosecutors would have most likely won a conviction if the case had gone to trial. A judge will only order prison time if Howard violates his probation. The maximum punishment that could be meted out in such a case would be 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $50,000.

Deputy Attorney General Casey Hemmer acknowledged during the hearing that Howard’s actions were “egregious” and caused the victim “a lot of suffering,” but then went on to say that it was not a sex crime and that that was why the attorney general’s office reduced charges.

“We don’t believe it’s appropriate for Mr. Howard to suffer the consequences of a sex offender,” Hemmer said. “But he still needs to be held accountable.”

Hemmer agreed with Howard’s attorneys’ claim that the “victim was not at any time pinned down, raped, or pinned down and subjected to any sort of forcible penetration,” citing evidence.

When asked by the judge whether prosecutors intended to argue that the attack was racially motivated, Hemmer said no.

“Your honor, based on what we’ve had, no,” he said. “I will say that there are things that we found going around that school and that locker room involving a lot of the parties here that had racial undertones. But it’s not our belief that this was a racially motivated crime. This was more of a vulnerable-victim-motivated crime. I think it probably would have happened to anybody that was in the same kind of circumstances and mental state as the victim here.”

As the Times-News notes, despite the court rulings, a $10 million civil lawsuit filed by the victim is being processed through U.S. District Court. The lawsuit charges that the attack on the victim was a culmination of months of “severe and pervasive harassment, racial discrimination, mental and physical assault and battery,” of which the district, school administrators and football coaches were all aware or should have been aware.

Howard is not a defendant in the lawsuit, but the document did describe him as “as a large and aggressive male who had been sent to live with his relatives in Idaho due to his inability to keep out of trouble in Texas.” The suit accused him of bringing “with him from Texas a culture of racial hatred toward” the victim, adding that his bullying was ignored by administration and coaches “at least in part due to his athletic ability and community connections.”

As previously reported by The Root, the suit claims Howard humped the victim while taunting him during football practices. The 19-year-old allegedly forced the victim to learn a Ku Klux Klan song, knocked him unconscious during football camp while other teammates and coaches cheered and called the victim racist names such as “Kool-Aid, chicken-eater, watermelon and [n–ger].”

This is absolutely infuriating.

 

That guy should get some time in prison.

Someone there will give him a "coat hanger" up the rectum.

 

The San Diego Chargers are investigating a disturbing video of a security guard on the sidelines at Qualcomm Stadium during Sunday's game against the Oakland Raiders.

A video, first reported by ABC 10 in San Diego, shows an employee from Elite Security who was working at the Chargers game and stationed near the end zone. In the video, the security guard appears to be performing a sexual act while standing along the sideline near a group of cheerleaders and a photographer. The man is wearing a ballcap, red jacket, black pants and standing several feet away from cheerleaders performing on the sideline.

The now-viral video is posted on ABC 10's site and other sites, but is obviously not suitable for all audiences.

"We are aware of the disturbing actions of an Elite security staff member at Sunday's game," Chargers director of security Bill Stetson said in a statement. "We apologize to any fans who may have witnessed the incident. Elite Security is currently investigating the incident and has vowed to take immediate and appropriate action."

The Chargers also issued a statement from Elite Security.

"Elite has become aware of the social media post of inappropriate actions of an Elite staff member at Qualcomm Stadium on December 18th," the statement reads. "Elite has employed thousands of people over the past 21 years, insists on the highest moral standards from our employees and regrets this isolated incident. Elite is currently investigating the incident and has no additional comment at this time.

 

So...I guess security is pretty stiff at those games.

 

Chargers fans....





Of course, it's not like there's anything better to do during a Charger's game...

 

I couldn't stop watching! That's funny and kinda cool!!

 

Hahahahahahahahaa Chargers suck ahahahahaaaahhhaaaa

 

Lately they're certainly having a hard time playing 60 minutes. They've blown a lead in the 4th quarter what, 7 times just this season?

 

Well... Seriously, how can anyone expect him to watch the Chargers?

 

I believe this is the video in question:

 

Yes, as I responded to mm4553 post.

 

He may have a future in politics

 

FIFY

 

Peckerhead will turn up dead soon....

 

He was choking his San Diego chicken right there

 

Of all the ways to become instantly famous.....

 

Would.

After I took off those stupid, stupid spacers, put some 35's on regular old 17" wheels, and put the factory grill back on. And took that damn tailpipe off. Because Cummins.