*A Black couple out of Michigan have a heart full of forgiveness for the 25-year-old white male who shot at their home over a Black Lives Matter sign.
Michael John Frederick Jr. will serve a 4-to-10-year prison sentence for the crime, after entering no contest pleas in the case as well as a second case in which he reportedly vandalized a white Joe Biden supporter’s home, as reported by Law and Crime.
The shootings and vandalism occurred ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
Frederick’s father was also charged for allegedly disassembling a gun used in the crimes, and throwing his son’s gun into the Clinton River. He pleaded no contest and was ordered to pay fines to the victims.
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“I’m not angry,” Candace Hall told defendant Michael in a Michigan courtroom, according to The Macomb Daily. “I’m not. I’m forgiving. You’re a good kid and have a chance. You made a bad choice and we understand that. We have children ourselves. We’re not hateful people. We’re Christians. With so much of the bad that happened, so much good came out of this because even though it was an evil, hateful act, it actually brought us – the neighborhood – together with love and comfort and compassion, even including his parents.”
“There is no win-win,” said Candace’s husband Eddie Hall. “There is loss on both sides.”
The couple reportedly wanted to hug it out with Frederick Jr. but Macomb Circuit Judge Diane Druzinski would not allow it for security reasons. So, the Halls and Frederick fist-bumped instead.
As reported by MSN, Frederick Jr. reportedly confessed to “shooting at Eddie Hall’s truck, committing a separate shooting at the home, vandalizing the man’s pickup truck, slashing the tires, and smashing the home window with a rock in attacks across Sept. 7, 9, and 10 in 2020,” the outlet writes.
Source: Black Couple Forgives White Man Who Shot at Their Home Over BLM Sign [VIDEO]
