Pinkberry co-founder gets 7 years for beating homeless man

[reddread]

Source: L.A. Times

The co-founder of frozen yogurt chain Pinkberry was sentenced Friday to a maximum seven years in prison for beating a panhandling homeless man with a tire iron.
A jury found Young Lee, 49, guilty in the June 2011 attack on Donald Bolding. Bolding flashed a tattoo of a stick-figure couple having sex to the people in Lee's car, which included his fiancee. Lee drove away, then returned to the East Hollywood street with another man who'd been in the car. He then beat Bolding, who suffered a broken left forearm and several cuts to the head.
After the jury returned the verdict in November, he was ordered jailed without bail by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Henry Hall, who declared him a "significant threat to the community" because he had threatened a witness in the case.


Read more: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-pinkberry-cofounder-sentenced-20140314,0,5339502.story#axzz2vzZeFuHs

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[Scootaloo]

1. Jesus fucking christ!

I can't fathom the mindset this sort of act takes.

[drm604]

2. What can you even say about this kind of thing?

He beat a man because of a tattoo? WTF?

[840high]

3. Very good.

[AAO]

4. What a fucking maroon!

[psychopomp]

13. O/T kinda

Please refrain from using the term "maroon" as a pejorative.

Just because Bugs said it doesn't make it right. Used that way, it was an attempt to put down the Maroon People, proud people who resisted colonial slavery and fought for freedom, never giving in.

This has been a public service announcement.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maroon_people

[sendero]

14. Yes..

.... not to mention Maroon 5.

[AAO]

18. I understand your concern. But Bugs was trying to say moron and it was funny when it came out maroon

I'm sorry I've violated your sensitivities, and I wish you well.

[Dem4ever27]

20. Can't say "maroon"?

Well dog my cats! (Sorry if this is offensive to dogs or cats, especially cats, who have suffered historically from the oppression of dogs). Now there's another thing I can't say: "maroon." Pretty soon, I will just have to emit inarticulate sounds. But even these might offend someone. So I guess I gotta just shut up!

[question everything]

22. I thought that he meant Moran. A respectable term on DU for many years (nt)

[passiveporcupine]

5. Had not heard about this

but I'm glad he got seven years. A tire iron is a very deadly weapon.

DRM604, what do you mean that he beat a man because of a tattoo? The article linked above says the homeless man jumped in front of his car and threatened him and his wife. Does anyone have the real story here?

[Gore1FL]

6. Stick figures having sex.

"Bolding flashed a tattoo of a stick-figure couple having sex to the people in Lee's car, which included his fiancee."

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-pinkberry-cofounder-sentenced-20140314,0,5339502.story#ixzz2vzk4jMn8

[passiveporcupine]

7. thank you...that is sicker than I expected.

[yurbud]

8. who is the richest guy to actually do real prison time in the US (NOT club fed)?

[Lucky Luciano]

9. first anme I think of offhand is Michael Vick,

but he lost all of his money as a result...plus I think you were thinking more about a corporate type.

[MADem]

10. Wow, it seems like it took FOREVER for that case to wend its way through the system.

But that's a good result. That guy was an asshole.

I never tried his product before I heard of this; I never wanted to try it after I heard of this.

[QuestForSense]

11. I'm glad the system worked the way it was designed for a change.

This guy is clearly a danger to society. Imagine if he'd had a gun.

[tofuandbeer]

12. And his attorneys are whining about the outcome.

He'll probably get out in a few days for $$$ behavior.
I think this is all a dog and pony show.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

15. If a 6'4" Rolex guy had flashed the same tattoo, Lee would not have come back to beat him.

Lee is a coward and a predator and a thug.

I don't know why 7 years is the maximum for such a potentially lethal pre-meditated crime.

[dembotoz]

16. what is sad is that this is news worthy--guy belongs in jail

what is sad is that it is news worthy that his money in this instance did not help him enough

[Arugula Latte]

17. Gawd, what is wrong with people ...

[question everything]

19. Good (nt)

[closeupready]

21. So THAT'S what happened to the Pinkberry on 8th Avenue.

It's an empty storefront now.