Georgia Couple Get Prison for Racial Threats at Black Child’s Party -
By CHRISTINE HAUSERMARCH 1, 2017
Kayla Rae Norton and Jose I. Torres received prison sentences of 15
and 20 years for making racial threats and violating a street gang law at a children’s party in 2015.
The couple, Jose I. Torres, 26, and Kayla Rae Norton, 25, were each found guilty last month of making terroristic threats
and of violating Georgia’s street gang law; Mr. Torres was also found guilty of aggravated assault.
They even threatened to kill children at the party.”
Mr. Fortner added, “This is behavior that even supporters of the Confederate battle flag can agree is criminal and shouldn’t be allowed.”
This week, Judge William McClain of Douglas County Superior Court sentenced one of the men
and a woman among the group to lengthy prison sentences for their part in the confrontation.
That moment you had to choose to leave, you stayed.”
The authorities said Ms. Norton, Mr. Torres and other members of a group called Respect the Flag were driving around Paulding
and another county, flying the Confederate flag, pointing guns at black residents and threatening to kill them.