Jeremiah Munsen of Colfax, Louisiana, admitted in court back in April that he placed two nooses on the back of his pickup truck on September 20, and pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime of threatening and intimidating marchers near Jena, Louisiana [click to read].
Now, the Louisiana 19-year-old has been sentenced to prison for four months, according to the Associated Press.
Munsen faced up to one year in prison after he pleaded guilty in April to a misdemeanor charge of interfering with the marchers’ federally protected right to travel.
The marchers were waiting in Alexandria for a bus ride home to Tennessee, and had been protesting the criminal cases against six black teenagers charged with beating a white student at Jena High School in 2006.
Initially, the students were charged with second-degree attempted murder and conspiracy. After nationwide criticism, the charges were reduced.
