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Two Kansas men pleaded guilty today to taking part in a small town high school graduation party that turned into a drunken incident in which a black student was tied and taunted with racial epithets.
David B. Endsley, 19, of Waterville, and Isaac Q. Clark, 19, of Blue Rapids, both pleaded guilty to one count of criminal interference with right to fair housing. Endsley also pleaded guilty to one count of making a false statement to federal agents who investigated the incident.
Andrew S. Ralph, 21, of Concordia, also has been charged in the incident and is awaiting trail [sic].
In their pleas, Endsley and Clark admitted that by their actions and their words they sought to drive J.L., a black juvenile, from the community of Waterville and Blue Rapids because of his race.
According to the plea agreement, on May 19, 2007, Endsley and his parents hosted a large high school graduation party at their residence in Waterville, which is part of the Waterville/Blue Rapids community. Most of the people at the party, including the defendants and the victim, consumed alcohol.
About 2 a.m., the defendants found J.L. asleep on the ground and put him in a lawn chair. He was tied, the defendants directed racial slurs at him and urinated on him. They used a can of spray paint to paint the victim’s arms and legs white.
They told the victim he should “go back home” and go back where he came from before he moved to the Waterville and Blue Rapids area.
David B. Endsley, 19, of Waterville, and Isaac Q. Clark, 19, of Blue Rapids, both pleaded guilty to one count of criminal interference with right to fair housing. Endsley also pleaded guilty to one count of making a false statement to federal agents who investigated the incident.
Andrew S. Ralph, 21, of Concordia, also has been charged in the incident and is awaiting trail [sic].
In their pleas, Endsley and Clark admitted that by their actions and their words they sought to drive J.L., a black juvenile, from the community of Waterville and Blue Rapids because of his race.
According to the plea agreement, on May 19, 2007, Endsley and his parents hosted a large high school graduation party at their residence in Waterville, which is part of the Waterville/Blue Rapids community. Most of the people at the party, including the defendants and the victim, consumed alcohol.
About 2 a.m., the defendants found J.L. asleep on the ground and put him in a lawn chair. He was tied, the defendants directed racial slurs at him and urinated on him. They used a can of spray paint to paint the victim’s arms and legs white.
They told the victim he should “go back home” and go back where he came from before he moved to the Waterville and Blue Rapids area.
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