Thread: Man sentenced for threats at pickup with Confederate flag

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JACKSON, Mich. (AP) - An 18-year-old man has been sentenced to two to six years in prison for felonious assault after several people were threatened while riding in a pickup truck that was displaying a Confederate flag.

The Jackson Citizen Patriot reports 'He's a thug,' Kantpreet Singh sentenced for threatening teens who flew Confederate flag | MLive.com ) Thursday that Kantpreet Singh appeared Wednesday in Jackson County Circuit Court.

The 17-year-old driver of the pickup, a 13-year-old boy and a female were stopped at an intersection on July 24, 2015 when another motorist pulled alongside. The other driver brandished a handgun and verbally threatened the people in the pickup.

Authorities have said the 17-year-old driver had moved to Michigan from Alabama and "was showing his southern pride and his southern heritage" with the Confederate flag. A U.S. flag also was displayed on the truck.

Man sentenced for threats at pickup with Confederate flag - Toledo News Now, News, Weather, Sports, Toledo, OH

He doesn't even know what the flag represents or American history, guarantee you.

One can (or your parents) come from india but living in a bad American environment just breeds thugs.