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By Associated press
LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles woman was sentenced to 15 years in prison for beating a 92-year-old man. It was filmed and widely shared on social media.
Thirty-year-old Laquisha Jones was sentenced on Thursday following her unabashed call for elder abuse in December.
Prosecutors say Jones severely beat Rodolfo Rodriguez in the face with a brick on July 4 while the man was walking around. They say that Rodriguez did nothing to provoke the attack.
A witness recorded a video of Rodriguez while he was stunned, his face bleeding after being beaten. The witness, Misbel Borjas, also took a picture of a woman with a brick in her hand.
Borjas says Jones shouted to Rodriguez, "Go back to your country."
The case has not been prosecuted as a hate crime.
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