White Man Sentenced to 9 Years For Burning Down African-American Church: Was Angry About Obama Being Elected
By Allan Lengel For AOL News A white man was sentenced today to nine years in prison for burning down a predominately African-American church in Springfield, Mass., the day after Barack Obama won the presidential election. Benjamin Haskell, 24, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Michael A. Ponsor in Springfield for the 2008 burning of…