Would a judge ever give a group of white perps this sort of sentence for a hate crime against black victims -- especially if the victims received serious injuries?

Four black teenagers convicted in the racially charged beating of three white women on Halloween were sentenced to probation Friday.

Punishment could have ranged up to confinement in a California Youth Authority lockup until age 25.

The sentences were handed down by Juvenile Court Judge Gibson Lee, who last week convicted nine teens — eight female and one male — of felony assault, with a hate-crime enhancement against all but one.

Sentenced were an 18-year-old youth and his twin sister, who were 17 at the time of the crime, their 16-year-old sister — who didn't receive the enhancement — and another 16-year-old girl. The judge imposed 250 hours of community service, 60 days of house arrest, and anger management and racial tolerance programs.

"It was an awful crime. Terrible, emotional and physical injuries," the judge said.

Before sentencing, the judge reminded the audience that it was a juvenile court. Lee said he "must pick the least restrictive disposition that can lead to the rehabilitation of the minor."

If such a sentence had been handed down to white hooligans who had put black victims into surgery, there would have been riots in the streets -- which, of course, is why these black punks are allowed to walk free with less than a slap on the wrist. All the "juvenile court" rhetoric is a bunch of crap -- as is the near complete lack of coverage by the nation's media.

Want a case for abandoning hate-crime laws? This is it, for it shows that such laws turn the concept of "equal protection of the laws" on its head.

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