Racial Attack Nets Offenders Jail Time

Associated PressTwo Anchorage residents were sentenced in state court Thursday to 180 days in jail for assaulting and harassing a homeless Alaska Native.Robert Gum and Deanna Powers threw eggs, yelled racial slurs and threatened the man with a bat in a 2008 attack they recorded and posted on YouTube.The two also were convicted of civil rights violations in federal court. The 19-year-old Gum was sentenced in September to 20 months and 20-year-old Powers to 16 months.Both apologized to the victim, Eddie Barr, who has forgiven them.Download Audio (MP3)