A white lawyer who spat on a Black high school student during a 2020 anti-racism march in a Milwaukee suburb has been convicted of a misdemeanor
MILWAUKEE — — A white lawyer was convicted for spitting on a Black high school student during a 2020 anti-racism march in a Milwaukee suburb.
Rapkin faces sentencing for the misdemeanor charge later this week and is charged separately with a felony assault on a police officer who arrested her at her home the day after the spitting incident. According to the criminal complaint, Rapkin told an investigating officer she was a cancer survivor and felt threatened because she was surrounded by protesters who were not wearing coronavirus protective masks.In court on Tuesday, Rapkin said that she spit toward Lucas, but not on him,Defense attorney Anthony Cotton told reporters following the trial that Rapkin is remorseful and that her career has been ruined.
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