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A judge has sentenced a white Milwaukee man to a decade in prison for throwing acid in a Latino man's face in a 2019 racist attack

Clifton Blackwell, who's white, was caught on security camera throwing battery acid at Mahud Villalaz, a U.S. citizen who was born in Peru. The judge called his behavior "diabolical."

Clifton Blackwell, the man found guilty of first degree reckless injury a with hate crime modifier for throwing acid in another man's face, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Wednesday.

A judge has sentenced a white Milwaukee man to a decade in prison for throwing acid in a Latino mans face in a 2019 racist attack

A jury rejected Clifton Blackwells claim of self-defense in an acid attack on a Peruvian immigrant in 2019, and found him guilty of a hate crime.

Clifton Blackwell, the Milwaukee man charged with a hate crime in Wisconsin circuit court in 2019 for throwing acid on a US citizen born in Peru, was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in state prison, court records show.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A judge sentenced a white Wisconsin man to a decade in prison Wednesday for throwing acid in a Latino man's face in a racist attack

Clifton Blackwell admits he threw acid on the face of Mahud Villalaz in 2019 during an argument over a parking spot. It's now up to the jury to decide if he was acting in self-defense or if this was a hate crime.

Clifton Blackwell was charged with first-degree reckless injury as a hate crime.

Clifton Blackwell was charged with first-degree reckless injury as a hate crime.