Thursday, June 06, 2013

Brian James Moudry Sentenced: White Supremacist Gets 10 Years For Torching Black Neighbors' Home

Brian James Moudry Sentenced: White Supremacist Gets 10 Years For Torching Black Neighbors' Home: A suburban Chicago man identified as a white supremacist has been sentenced to a maximum of 10 years behind bars for torching the home of a black family that moved in near his Joliet residence in 2007.

As part of a plea bargain, 35-year-old Brian Moudry pleaded guilty in January in federal court in Chicago to violating the family’s civil rights, the Tribune reports.

“This was an exceptionally despicable crime motivated by hate," the government argued in a sentencing memo, according to NBC Chicago. "The victims of the arson did nothing, but move into a new residence in Joliet. Unbeknownst to the victims, several houses down lived a white supremacist who never knew the victims but hated them because they were African American."