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Vinlanders railroaded by drug nigger's race card
Man gets 1 year for attack
2 others already sentenced for '07 incident involving homeless black
Three men who admitted roles in an attack on a homeless man in Downtown Indianapolis were behind bars Friday after the last of them received his sentence.
The March 2007 attack drew attention because the victim, who is black, told police that one of the men had used a racial epithet. The man said he was shoved onto Illinois Street near Circle Centre mall in broad daylight.
The defendants, reputed to have ties to a skinhead group called the Vinlanders Social Club, have denied using the epithet, instead arguing that the victim, Dexter Lewis, provoked them.
On Friday, Marion Superior Court Judge Tanya Walton Pratt sentenced Timothy Dumas, 24, Indianapolis, to one year in prison for felony criminal recklessness.
"He's sorry about the whole thing," Jack Crawford, Dumas' attorney, said outside court. "No matter what led up to it, at some point it became a two-on-one fight, and that's not fair."
During the same court session, Joshua Kern, 26, Knightstown, reported to begin serving a 60-day jail sentence for misdemeanor battery.
Eric Fairburn, 34, Indianapolis, the fight's most active participant, already was at New Castle Correctional Facility, serving a two-year sentence. He pleaded guilty to battery as a Class C felony and was sentenced last month.
All three also received probation.
Deputy Prosecutor Richard Veen said the guilty pleas by all three defendants were a satisfactory result.
Veen said he didn't explore whether racism was a factor because it wasn't an element of the men's charges.
A police report said the run-in began when Dumas, Fairburn and Kern were sitting at a sidewalk table outside a restaurant. They exchanged words with Lewis, 36, over a tattoo on Fairburn's head.
About 15 minutes later, Dumas threw the first punches during a second confrontation near Maryland Street, Veen said. Fairburn joined in, while Kern stood back.
Lewis took several blows to the head, Veen said, and had blurry vision in his right eye. He refused to go to the hospital.
He now is also at New Castle, serving a sentence for drug possession.
Man gets 1 year for attack
2 others already sentenced for '07 incident involving homeless black
Three men who admitted roles in an attack on a homeless man in Downtown Indianapolis were behind bars Friday after the last of them received his sentence.
The March 2007 attack drew attention because the victim, who is black, told police that one of the men had used a racial epithet. The man said he was shoved onto Illinois Street near Circle Centre mall in broad daylight.
The defendants, reputed to have ties to a skinhead group called the Vinlanders Social Club, have denied using the epithet, instead arguing that the victim, Dexter Lewis, provoked them.
On Friday, Marion Superior Court Judge Tanya Walton Pratt sentenced Timothy Dumas, 24, Indianapolis, to one year in prison for felony criminal recklessness.
"He's sorry about the whole thing," Jack Crawford, Dumas' attorney, said outside court. "No matter what led up to it, at some point it became a two-on-one fight, and that's not fair."
During the same court session, Joshua Kern, 26, Knightstown, reported to begin serving a 60-day jail sentence for misdemeanor battery.
Eric Fairburn, 34, Indianapolis, the fight's most active participant, already was at New Castle Correctional Facility, serving a two-year sentence. He pleaded guilty to battery as a Class C felony and was sentenced last month.
All three also received probation.
Deputy Prosecutor Richard Veen said the guilty pleas by all three defendants were a satisfactory result.
Veen said he didn't explore whether racism was a factor because it wasn't an element of the men's charges.
A police report said the run-in began when Dumas, Fairburn and Kern were sitting at a sidewalk table outside a restaurant. They exchanged words with Lewis, 36, over a tattoo on Fairburn's head.
About 15 minutes later, Dumas threw the first punches during a second confrontation near Maryland Street, Veen said. Fairburn joined in, while Kern stood back.
Lewis took several blows to the head, Veen said, and had blurry vision in his right eye. He refused to go to the hospital.
He now is also at New Castle, serving a sentence for drug possession.