Louisiana Men Plead Guilty to Intimidating Students Based on Race

TACOMA, Wash. - The Justice Department announced today that Zachary Beck was sentenced to 51 months in prison for civil rights crimes related to his participation in a racially-motivated attack on an African-American man in Vancouver, Wash., in January 2010. Beck was also sentenced to three years supervised release. The sentencing took place in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. According to court documents, Beck and his co-conspirators, Kory Boyd and Lawrenc .... [More]