A Virginia mother says she will appeal the conviction of her autistic son, who was charged with beating a police officer after he approached the teen last spring in search of a suspicious person in the area who may have had a gun.
The jury in a Stafford County, Virginia courtroom on Friday recommended a 10 and a half year sentence for Reginald Cornelius Latson. A judge will officially sentence him on May 19. He was charged on two felony counts - assault on a law enforcement officer and wounding in the commission of a felony.
"This is not over," Lisa Alexander, Latson's mother, told BlackAmericaWeb.com. "I will not allow them to do to my son what they have done to so many other black men in Virginia."