An Ohio man, who was caught on video punching a Black woman in the face outside of a bar, has been sentenced to six months in jail. While in court for his sentencing, the man apologized, saying the experience has been an “eye-opener about his drinking.”
On Monday, Nov. 21, Annalisa Stubbs Williams, an Akron Municipal Court judge sentenced Andrew Walls, who plead no contest to one count of assault and one count of disorderly conduct in October 2022, to six months and two years probation for attacking Cameron Morgan, an African-American, and her friend, while in a drunken rage on Sunday, Feb. 27.
In addition to the 180 days in the Summit County Jail, Williams fined the Kent, Ohio, man $250, WKYC-TV reports.
In the sentencing hearing, Morgan approached the bench to make her statement. She struggled to get the words out, saying the events of that night, though almost a year ago, have “heavily impacted everything that happened in my life after that.”
As she offered her “side of the story, she said, “I just hope in the end of all this, that accountability will be took. I think nobody does something like that without intent.”
She added, “I just hope there is justice… I’m a very open nonjudgmental person. I know people have issues and people go through things, but for somebody to act like that and just project such hate … I just think there has to be accountability.”
The 27-year-old was originally charged with two counts of assault and one count of possessing weapons while intoxicated for the attack in Highland Square, Cleveland 19 reported. But those charges were later reduced. Walls also said he was a victim and was fighting a group of men who verbally offended his partner, right before he struck Morgan.
In his statement before Judge Williams, he said he watched the videos several times and accepted responsibility for making the decision to go out and “drink as much” as he did.
“What I did that was, you know, completely unacceptable,” he said. “I made the decision to let my anger get ahold of me and jump out of the car and that led to the events that occurred.”
