“A woman who told Clive police she intentionally struck a 14-year-old with her SUV because the girl was Latina received a 25-year prison sentence after the girl’s father testified that the December 2019 attack had shaken his belief that his family was safe in the United States,” reports the Des Moines Register. “Nicole Poole Franklin, 43, of Des Moines, also received a concurrent 25-year sentence in Polk County Court for intentionally hitting a 12-year-old boy, who is Black, the same day in a rampage police said included yelling racial and ethnic slurs at a gas station employee.”
“Poole, who pleaded guilty in April to two counts of attempted murder, faces sentencing Aug. 19 on two federal hate crime convictions in connection with the attacks. Under the hate crime statute, she could face a sentence of up to life in prison, though federal prosecutors are recommending 27 years. Clive police said Poole told them she targeted the girl because she was “Mexican.” They said she also told them she had smoked meth hours before the attacks, according to a criminal complaint.”
The Republican Party has not issued a statement in response to Poole’s sentencing, though Congressional Republicans are no doubt outraged that the law is being used to “cancel” Poole, as part of the liberal Deep State’s attack on conservative thoughts and ideas.