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February 18, 2019

Judge Sentences Man to 10 Years in Racist Hurricane Katrina Shooting
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In Louisiana, a judge handed down a 10-year prison sentence to Roland
Bourgeois Jr., a white man who shot three black men in 2005 as they were
trying to evacuate Hurricane Katrina-ravaged New Orleans. In October,
Bourgeois pleaded guilty to the hate crime-admitting he shot the men
because of their race. At the time, he reportedly told a black neighbor,
"Anything coming up this street darker than a brown paper bag is getting
shot."


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