Texas man sentenced for hate crime in stabbing of Black fast food employee
A Texas man has been convicted of stabbing a Black Church’s Chicken employee in 2019 was sentenced to 45 years in prison eariler this week, according to KSAT. 30-year-old James Kemp received his sentence two months after he was convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and retaliation by 451st District Court Judge Kirsten Cohoon. The judge found that the assault was motivated by Kemp’s racial bias. Prosecutors sought a harder punishment for Kemp after racial bias deemed to be the basis of the crime.
Keep was arrested on Jan. 5, 2019, after the manager, Ferrill Miller, asked him to leave, according to a news release. According to the news nation, Kemp called Miller, who is Black, a racial slur before cutting his face with a knife. The cut required 16 stitches. Kemp repeated the same racial slurs when officers arrested him before he threatened to harm them and their family.
Kemp has a history of mental illness, prosecutors found that Kemp had a criminal history including another aggravated assault conviction in Arizona.
“Kemp has been a threat to the citizens of Kendall County for years, and many other counties before that,” Erica Matlock, Assistant Criminal District Attorney said. “While we recognize the need for mental health compassion and treatment, we will not tolerate it as an excuse for violence against our citizens or our law enforcement.”
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