Office of Public Affairs | Florida Man Sentenced for Racially-Motivated Attack Against Six Black Men Near 1923 Rosewood Massacre Site

A Florida man was sentenced today in federal court for his racially-motivated attack on a group of Black men who were surveying land along a public road in Rosewood, Florida.

David Emanuel, 63, of Cedar Key, was sentenced to one year and a day in prison followed by two years of supervised release for his bias-motivated attack on six men who were surveying land owned by one of the victims at the time of the offenses. 

“Racially-motivated hate crimes run contrary to our values as Americans and simply have no place in . . .