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New Jersey man learns his fate after hurling racist slurs at neighbors in viral video
Mathews sparked outrage when he hurled racial slurs at his black neighbors in his Mount Laural community in July 2021.
https://nypost.com/2023/12/09/metro/new-jersey-man-edward-mathews-sentenced-to-8-years-in-jail-for-hurling-racial-slurs-at-neighbors-in-viral-video/
New Jersey man Edward Mathews sentenced to 8 years in jail for hurling racial slurs at neighbors in viral video
A white New Jersey man who unleashed a racially charged viral rant and spat at his black neighbors sobbed in court Friday as he was sentenced to a lengthy stay in prison, apologizing for his “insensitive and disrespectful words.”
Edward Cagney Mathews, 47, will be mandated to serve four years of an eight-year sentence for pleading guilty to four counts of bias intimidation as well as possession of a controlled, dangerous substance with intent to distribute, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Superior Court Judge Gerard H. Breland made the ruling on Friday after a tearful Mathews spent the last two and a half years locked up in jail.
“Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future,” he said in his statement to the court while shackled and handcuffed. “I want to commit to rebuild the community.”
During his statement, Mathew apologized to the victims for his “insensitive and disrespectful words in the past.”
Mathews sparked outrage when he hurled racial slurs at his black neighbors in his Mount Laural community in July 2021.
https://nypost.com/2023/12/09/metro/new-jersey-man-edward-mathews-sentenced-to-8-years-in-jail-for-hurling-racial-slurs-at-neighbors-in-viral-video/
New Jersey man Edward Mathews sentenced to 8 years in jail for hurling racial slurs at neighbors in viral video
A white New Jersey man who unleashed a racially charged viral rant and spat at his black neighbors sobbed in court Friday as he was sentenced to a lengthy stay in prison, apologizing for his “insensitive and disrespectful words.”
Edward Cagney Mathews, 47, will be mandated to serve four years of an eight-year sentence for pleading guilty to four counts of bias intimidation as well as possession of a controlled, dangerous substance with intent to distribute, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Superior Court Judge Gerard H. Breland made the ruling on Friday after a tearful Mathews spent the last two and a half years locked up in jail.
“Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future,” he said in his statement to the court while shackled and handcuffed. “I want to commit to rebuild the community.”
During his statement, Mathew apologized to the victims for his “insensitive and disrespectful words in the past.”
