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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts) Tue Dec 11, 2018, 12:07 PM Dec 2018

White woman pleads guilty to assaulting black teen at pool

A white South Carolina woman has pleaded guilty to assault and battery for hitting a black teenager and telling him to leave a community swimming pool.

News outlets report 38-year-old Stephanie Sebby-Strempel pleaded guilty Monday to the June assault and was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine. A Dorchester County sheriff’s report says she told the 15-year-old he didn’t belong at the Summerville pool.

The teen told authorities that he and his friends were leaving when Sebby-Strempel began calling them racist slurs and hit him in the face and chest. Cellphone video shows video Sebby-Strempel yelling and hitting the teen.

Sebby-Strempel later resisted arrest, shoving one detective into a wall and biting another hard enough to break skin. The video was posted online and Sebby-Strempel was deemed “Pool Patrol Paula.”

https://apnews.com/d8d2f292a73347979cb2992343c95c1f

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White woman pleads guilty to assaulting black teen at pool (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Dec 2018 OP

lock that trash UP!!! Celerity Dec 2018 #1

She should have been thrown in jail for a month or so, maybe more, plus a $10,000 fine. IMO she RKP5637 Dec 2018 #3

+10000 Celerity Dec 2018 #4

She's already out $7500 and that excludes any civil settlement jberryhill Dec 2018 #8

A $1,000 fine is far too light!!! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2018 #2

It's far from over jberryhill Dec 2018 #7

Thanks for the additional information and explanation, as always! RKP5637 Dec 2018 #12

She needs some 2naSalit Dec 2018 #5

I don't care if they don't fine her a dime, but she should be imprisoned for a couple of weeks RockRaven Dec 2018 #6

The Problem With This Small Fine. . . ProfessorGAC Dec 2018 #9

She assaulted a police officer and was not shot.... AJT Dec 2018 #10

And a Black woman is in jail because she tried to sit down in a welfare office. Demsrule86 Dec 2018 #11

"why wasn't this this creature charged with resisting arrest" jberryhill Dec 2018 #13

Thanks...good to know. Demsrule86 Dec 2018 #14

Is this also not a HATE crime???? bluestarone Dec 2018 #15

What a piece of work Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2018 #16

Celerity

(43,398 posts)

1. lock that trash UP!!!

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Tue Dec 11, 2018, 12:12 PM

Dec 2018

RKP5637

(67,109 posts)

3. She should have been thrown in jail for a month or so, maybe more, plus a $10,000 fine. IMO she

Reply to Celerity (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 11, 2018, 12:16 PM

Dec 2018

demonstrates she is capable of serious hate crimes, perhaps she should also have mandatory psychological evaluations done and follow up as necessary. These asshole, bigots and racists get off far too lightly.

Celerity

(43,398 posts)

4. +10000

Reply to RKP5637 (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 11, 2018, 12:17 PM

Dec 2018

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

8. She's already out $7500 and that excludes any civil settlement

Reply to RKP5637 (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 11, 2018, 12:38 PM

Dec 2018

RKP5637

(67,109 posts)

2. A $1,000 fine is far too light!!! n/t

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Tue Dec 11, 2018, 12:13 PM

Dec 2018

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

7. It's far from over

Reply to RKP5637 (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 11, 2018, 12:37 PM

Dec 2018

If you think $1000 was all she paid, or is going to, then you are falling into the usual "incomplete legal story as reported by a paper" trap.

You can look her up here:
https://publicindex.sccourts.org/Dorchester/PublicIndex/PISearch.aspx

The $1000 fine is for the Assault/Battery 3rd degree charge, to which she pled guilty.

She has two other charges pending of "0256-Resisting / Assault, beat, or wound police officer serving process or while resisting arrest".

Her bond on the three charges was set at:

2018BD1810200883 Surety Bond $25,000.00
2018BD1810200884 Surety Bond $20,000.00
2018BD1810200884 Surety Bond $20,000.00

A bail bond agency is listed, so she paid at least $6500 for that.

So, she's out at least $7500 on the criminal end.

How much do you think the state and the bondsman should take, versus the civil plaintiff here?

In other words, if you think the state should have charged her more, then explain the rationale for cleaning her out before the victim can get a dime?

Personally, I think it makes a lot more sense for the victim to get a crack at whatever she's got via the civil suit, than for the state and the bondsman to cash in on someone else's misfortune.

On edit: I should have said victims, since she bit at least one of the cops

RKP5637

(67,109 posts)

12. Thanks for the additional information and explanation, as always!

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #7)

Tue Dec 11, 2018, 01:04 PM

Dec 2018

2naSalit

(86,636 posts)

5. She needs some

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Tue Dec 11, 2018, 12:24 PM

Dec 2018

time away from society to reflect on the vagaries of oppression, like in some state penitentiary. Maybe a couple years AND a big assed fine.

RockRaven

(14,972 posts)

6. I don't care if they don't fine her a dime, but she should be imprisoned for a couple of weeks

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Tue Dec 11, 2018, 12:35 PM

Dec 2018

The deterrent value of a short stay in prison versus a small fine? C'mon. We all know how devastating even a short prison stay can be -- and she should experience it.

ProfessorGAC

(65,057 posts)

9. The Problem With This Small Fine. . .

Reply to RockRaven (Reply #6)

Tue Dec 11, 2018, 12:38 PM

Dec 2018

. . .is that instead of changing her attitude she will just find a way to blame the cost on those "dark people".

A couple weeks (perhaps just 5 days) would change her attitude more than a puny 1k fine.

AJT

(5,240 posts)

10. She assaulted a police officer and was not shot....

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Tue Dec 11, 2018, 12:43 PM

Dec 2018

I wonder why????

Demsrule86

(68,582 posts)

11. And a Black woman is in jail because she tried to sit down in a welfare office.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Tue Dec 11, 2018, 01:01 PM

Dec 2018

Charged with all sorts of bullshit charges...her baby ripped from her arms...why wasn't this this creature charged with resisting arrest...ah...white privilege once more.

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

13. "why wasn't this this creature charged with resisting arrest"

Reply to Demsrule86 (Reply #11)

Tue Dec 11, 2018, 01:26 PM

Dec 2018

As noted above, she has two other charges pending, arising from her interference and assault on the cops.

In answer to your question, she has two remaining charges of resisting arrest / assaulting an officer pending.