Dude who stole Jackie Robinson statue gets 15 years - Kotaku In Action 2

Dude who stole Jackie Robinson statue gets 15 years (archive.ph)

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– FrozeInFear 21 points 90 days ago +21 / -0

The Kansas man who pleaded guilty to stealing a Jackie Robinson statue from a Wichita youth baseball league earlier this year was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison for multiple cases, police said.
Ricky Alderete, 45, had pleaded guilty in May to theft, related to the January disappearance of the statue, and other charges. He had faced more than 19 years.
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Police have maintained they don't believe the crime to be racially motivated but instead "by the financial gain of scrapping common metal."

Boy, that must have been a historically significant piece to get that kind of punishment.

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– brimshae 12 points 90 days ago +12 / -0

Boy, that must have been a historically significant piece to get that kind of punishment.

According to a baseball nerd I know Jackie Robinson is regarded as the first post-integration MLB player, even if he's actually not the first.

Interestingly, integrating MLB destroyed the Negro Leagues, and with it, a lot of black neighborhoods.

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