Post by Logan on Apr 24, 2016 4:26:33 GMT -6
A racially charged assault captured on video last year at a Pittsburgh train station is now being used in a campaign ad against Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala Jr. before Tuesday's Democratic primary election for attorney general.
Montgomery County Commissioners Chairman Josh Shapiro is running the 60-second ad, which shows video of the beating of an African American man by a white man while the white man's four friends look on. The criminal case was handled by Zappala's office.
The ad, being shown in Philadelphia, uses Pittsburgh TV news footage in which the victim is pushed on the tracks and pummeled, and later says he heard racial epithets being shouted.
It notes that one of the friends in the video is the son of a local mayor.
The friends pleaded no contest and were sentenced to probation. The attacker was sentenced Wednesday to three to six years in prison.
Read more at www.philly.com/philly/news/politics20151216_Shapiro_ad_questions_Zappala_s_stand_on_race_crimes.html
Montgomery County Commissioners Chairman Josh Shapiro is running the 60-second ad, which shows video of the beating of an African American man by a white man while the white man's four friends look on. The criminal case was handled by Zappala's office.
The ad, being shown in Philadelphia, uses Pittsburgh TV news footage in which the victim is pushed on the tracks and pummeled, and later says he heard racial epithets being shouted.
It notes that one of the friends in the video is the son of a local mayor.
The friends pleaded no contest and were sentenced to probation. The attacker was sentenced Wednesday to three to six years in prison.
Read more at www.philly.com/philly/news/politics20151216_Shapiro_ad_questions_Zappala_s_stand_on_race_crimes.html