2 White Men Sentenced for Stalking Black Man
Two white Canyon Country men pleaded no contest Tuesday to stalking a black pizza parlor manager, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.
David Wayne Haisten, 19, and Kevin Michael Conroy, 21, also pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor hate crime.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Meredith Taylor sentenced Haisten to 180 days in county jail and Conroy to the 97 days of jail credit he received.
The incident began as retaliation for the manager’s firing of their friend, but turned into racial harassment, Deputy Dist. Atty. Olivia Rosales said.
The men were accused of following the victim home from the restaurant between April 24 and June 11, insulting him with racial epithets and threatening to kill him.
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