Customer’s Racial Slur Drew a Fatal Punch. The Sentence Is House Arrest.
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on March 10, 2022
A Black manager of a Dunkin’ shop in Tampa, Fla., who fatally punched a 77-year-old white customer last year after he repeatedly used a racial slur in addressing him was sentenced this week to two years of house arrest, prosecutors said.
The employee, Corey Pujols, who was originally charged with manslaughter, pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of felony battery under a plea deal that will allow him to avoid jail time. Under the sentence imposed on Monday by Judge Christine Marlewski of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit . . .
