White supremacist from Charlottesville parking garage beating sentenced to 4 years in prison

White supremacist from Charlottesville parking garage beating sentenced to 4 years in prison

An Ohio man was sentenced to 46 months in prison this week for his role in the beating of DeAndre Harris after the city of Charlottesville, Virginia, devolved into roving skirmishes following a white supremacist rally there in 2017.

Daniel Borden is one of four white supremacists charged with assaulting Harris. Two others, Alex Ramos and Jacob Goodwin, were already convicted in the case last year. The fourth, Tyler Davis, is scheduled to stand trial next month.

Borden is the only one of the four who cut a deal with prosecutors in the case, entering what’s known as an Alford plea in which he maintains his innocence but stipulates there is enough evidence to find him guilty. Though he was sentenced to 20 years, the judge suspended 16 years and two months of that penalty. Ramos and Goodwin received lengthier terms after being convicted last year.

“I think he should have got more time,” Harris told CNN’s Don Lemon on Wednesday, “but justice has been served. I’m still here. That’s all I’m really grateful for.”

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