White man who punched 12-year-old Black girl convicted of assault but won’t serve jail time
A hulking white man who hit three Black girls earlier this year at a North Carolina mall, and knocking one out, was convicted of two misdemeanors.
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According to The Citizen-Times, David Steven Bell, 51, pled guilty of misdemeanor assault on a child under the age of 12, and one misdemeanor count of assault on a female for pushing a 13-year-old girl during the incident, according to the Buncombe County Clerk’s office.
But another misdemeanor charge for pushing another 13-year-old girl at the scene, ultimately was dismissed because prosecutors had trouble contacting the victim, according to District Attorney Todd Williams.
But in all, Bell won’t serve a day in jail for beating up the Black girls.
“Bell was sentenced to one 60 day suspended sentence and was placed on unsupervised probation for a period of 12 months,” Williams wrote to the outlet.
Typical.
Back in January, police arrested the reported 250-pound man who was caught on video punching a young Black girl in the face at the Asheville Mall in North Carolina.
Bell was taken into custody by an off-duty cop and was charged for the assault on a female under the age of 12 and two counts of assault on a female, according to WLOS.
The disturbing video, which soon went viral after it was posted on social media, shows a girl getting punched brutally in the face by the grown man.
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Asheville attorney Andy Banzhoff later said in a statement that Bell was trying to help a woman because she was being harassed by “a large pack of youths.”
Bell’s attorney claims his client has a traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder and is undergoing treatment and regrets using physical force against the girls.
