PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A jury on Tuesday convicted an Oregon man wearing a hat with white supremacist symbols of murder, a hate crime and hit-and-run in the death of a black teenager, who was run down in suburban Portland after an altercation in a convenience store parking lot.
Prosecutors argued Russell Courtier was motivated by white supremacist beliefs in killing 19-year-old Larnell Bruce Jr.
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The jury deliberated for a little more than a day following an eight-day trial.
As family members left the courthouse after Multnomah County Circuit Judge Jerry Hodson read the verdict, a few said they thought justice had been served, the Oregonian/OregonLive reported .
Christina Miles, Bruce’s mother, was overcome with tears. “I’m so happy,” she said.
Source: Jury Convicts Oregon Man In Hate-Crime Killing Of Black Teen
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