Another "Brock Turner" case. Everyone should see their faces and know what they did. 

John Howard (top) and Tanner Ward (bottom) lured the victim into a school locker room, promising him hugs, stripped him, forcefully inserted a clothes hanger into his rectum, then kicked it deeper into his rectum.

On October 22, 2015 a young mentally disabled high school student was sexually assaulted by his classmates on school property. The 18-year-old victim, who was adopted as a toddler, was one of the lone African-American students in the nearly all white Dietrich High School in Idaho. John Howard, 18, Tanner Ward, 17, and one other unidentified member of the football team lured the victim into a school locker room, promising him hugs, stripped him, forcefully inserted a clothes hanger into his rectum, then kicked it deeper into his rectum — causing internal injuries.

When this case was initially reported, and it was announced that John Howard was being charged with felony rape, the possible penalties were as severe as life in prison. It seemed like some semblance of justice was imminent. The school superintendent interviewed 30 witnesses and confirmed that the teen was sexually assaulted. Prosecutors agreed with their investigation — which also determined that the victim was also called “Kool-Aid,” “chicken eater,” “watermelon,” and even “n----r” by students at the school.

In spite of all of this evidence, this week John Howard was given the break of his life. Instead of getting life in prison for what he did, he won’t be going to jail for 10 years or five years or a year or six months or even a day. Instead, he’s getting two years of probation and 300 hours of community service. With good behavior, the judge said his record could be expunged. He’ll also be allowed to do his community service in his new home in Texas where his family peacefully relocated.

Tanner Ward, who was said to initially insert the hanger into the victim’s rectum, was initially charged as an adult, but conveniently had his case sent to juvenile court instead.

How in the hell did this happen?

How could a man who did something so heinous, so cruel and demented, so horrific and barbaric, get probation and community service for it? American jails and prisons are full of men and women who did far less and had the proverbial book thrown at them. For several years, I [KING] worked full time in prisons and youth detention centers all around Georgia and met thousands and thousands of middle and high school students who were sentenced to hard time in adult prisons for far less.

This sentence is the living embodiment of white privilege.

Written by Shaun King: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/king-white-privilege-white-men-assault-black-men-article-1.2917496

FP Edit: Thanks Imgur! The more people see their faces, the better! But folks, I get it. I'm white and grew up in a working-class family. The first time someone mentioned, "white privilege" to me I freaked out too. I didn't understand it until I worked at a rape crisis center for three years and experienced the different treatments of white victims and perps, versus minorities.

While the focus of this post is to spread awareness on what these assclowns did and how they got away with it, we have to discuss that HOW. So, for those of you calling me a cunt and telling me to fuck off because I "ruined the post," because this is about "class privilege," here are some great resources to help you understand what white privilege is and how it goes hand-in-hand with class privilege. THE MORE YOU KNOW! =*

https://www.buzzfeed.com/aaronc13/this-comic-perfectly-explains-what-white-privilege-is?utm_term=.nbevJ8RyeL#.xfG3eMV17b

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gina-crosleycorcoran/explaining-white-privilege-to-a-broke-white-person_b_5269255.html

https://admin.artsci.washington.edu/sites/adming/files/unpacking-invisible-knapsack.pdf