Pennsylvania court vacates sentence of man who brutally raped 11-year-old girl because she was black

Yesterday, a Pennsylvania state appellate court vacated the 30-66-year sentence that had been given to Jose Carrasquillo, a man who initially pleaded guilty to raping an 11-year-old girl, but later tried to change his plea to “not guilty” at his sentencing hearing.

In June of 2009, after a woman turned him down for a date because she preferred black men, Carrasquillo decided to take “revenge” on black people by getting high on cocaine and PCP and brutally raping the 11-year-old “in every way imaginable.” Her undisclosed injuries were severe enough to require multiple surgeries and a prolonged hospital stay.

Carrasquillo was captured in what police call “a citizen’s arrest,” when David Vargas and Fernando Genuall spotted him on the street, chased him down, then beat him with a two-by-four when he attempted to escape. Philadelphia rewarded them for their actions with $6,000 each.

Once in police custody, Carrasquillo blamed the rape on “the drugs.” “My mind was telling me to do it,” he told police. “The rage I had about being rejected and the black guy — black people in general — I’ve been locked up and in placement with black people my whole life. They treated me bad and they think they are the supreme race. I went berserk.”

More at: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/10/18/philadelphia-court-vacates-sentence-of-man-who-brutally-raped-11-year-old-girl-because-she-was-black/