Jacob Goodwin, proud member of the Traditionalist Workers Party and courageous Aryan warrior who kicked DeAndre Harris four times as he lie cringing on the ground of a Charlottesville, Virginia Parking Garage last August, was convicted yesterday of “malicious wounding” in the incident and faces a sentence of 10 to 20 years.
“A white supremacist, who wore pins celebrating Adolf Hitler and the neo-Nazi Traditionalist Worker Party during last summer’s violence in Charlottesville, was found guilty late Tuesday of assaulting a black man.
Jacob Scott Goodwin, 23, of Ward, Arkansas, was convicted by a jury in Charlottesville of “malicious wounding,” a felony related to the August 12 attack that severely injured DeAndre Harris.
Goodwin wore a military helmet and carried a large shield during the attack on Harris, captured on video in a parking garage next to the Charlottesville Police Department. Three other white supremacists also involved in the attack face separate trials.
The 20-year-old victim, a special education instructional assistant, suffered a spinal injury, a broken arm and head lacerations in the assault that came during the now-notorious “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville.”
Goodwin, who is the storm-trooper seen in the video below in all black with a plexiglass riot shield, is the first of four defendants to be convicted in the case.
The three others charged in connection with the assault are Alex Michael Ramos of Georgia; Daniel Borden of Ohio and Tyler Watkins Davis of Florida, who are cooling their heels in jail and awaiting trial.
DeAndre was charged with assault in a separate incident prior to the beating and was acquitted.
Goodwin richly deserves what ever time he spends in prison, but I hope the state attempts to rehabilitate him rather than just allowing him to fall in with other incarcerated supremacists to reinforce his views.
Somehow, we have to begin to roll back the ignorance and hatred.