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Jailed South Carolina diner boss who enslaved and branded disabled black man by making him work 100-hour weeks without pay is ordered to pay him $500,000
Bobby Paul Edwards, 56, was convicted in 2019 of imprisoning an intellectually-disabled black man and forcing him to work long days without pay
As part of a plea deal, Edwards had to pay $273,000 in restitution
An appellate judge, however, ruled on April 21 that the restitution was not enough, and he should pay double the amount
Edwards allegedly took over as manager of the restaurant in 2009
He soon started beating longtime employee John Christopher Smith, and moved him into a roach-infested apartment behind the diner
A restaurant manager who forced a Black man to work without pay owes him more than $500,000 in restitution, court rules
A South Carolina man who was forced to work over 100 hours every week for years without pay and subjected to verbal and physical abuse was supposed to receive close to $273,000 in restitution after his former manager pleaded guilty.
But that initial amount was too low, an appellate court ruled in April. The man should have received more than double that amount closer to $546,000 from the manager to account for federal labor laws, according to the ruling.
John Christopher Smith was forced to work at a cafeteria in Conway without pay for years. His manager, Bobby Edwards, pleaded guilty to forced labor in 2018 and was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his abuse of Smith, a Black man who has intellectual disabilities.
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Syrian Missile Falls Near Lebanese Village
A Syrian air defence missile fell near a southern Lebanese border town on Thursday, waking residents up to a loud sound.
A Syrian air defence missile fell near a southern Lebanese border town on Thursday, waking residents up to a loud sound.
Israel carried out a missile attack near the Syrian capital of Damascus and its southern suburbs early Thursday that wounded four soldiers, Syria’s state media said.
State news agency SANA quoted an unidentified military official as saying that Syrian air defences were able to shoot down most of the missiles before they hit their targets.