Woman who intentionally coughed on cancer patient in Pier 1 sentenced to 30 days in jail
Debra Hunter was arrested and charged with misdemeanor assault in June of 2020 after the victim recorded Hunter deliberately coughing on her. Author: First Coast News Staff Published: 2:47 PM EDT April 8, 2021 Updated: 9:23 AM EDT April 9, 2021
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. After three hours of emotional testimony, the woman who went viral after coughing on a fellow customer at a Jacksonville Pier 1 has been sentenced to 30 days in Duval County Jail with credit for one day previously served.
In addition, the judge ordered Debra Hunter to six months probation and said she must participate in a mental health evaluation along with anger management.
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One of the most memorable interviews I conducted with my cousin Sarah Glenn before she passed away at age 105 in 2004 was one during which she described how, as a slave, a relative was savagely beaten, hog-tied and his body covered with fire ants on the El Destino Plantation near Tallahassee.
My mind goes to that graphic family story almost instantly whenever I hear talk of the federal government paying reparations to descendants of the enslaved who have been disadvantaged by slavery, Jim Crow era-racial segregation and numerous inequities that persist in the 21st century.
Recent reports of a ceremony honoring six Black people who were lynched in Newberry more than a century ago sparked the same thoughts of reparations. And so did a similar ceremony held in Jacksonville last week to honor the memory of Willie Washington. Mr. Washington was shot to death by a police detective in 1925 and his body placed on display in the rotunda at the Duval County Jail where a racist mob cheered