A Cleveland judge added six more years to a man's 22-year sentence after taking offense to his outburst. Cleveland 19 WOIO reported a jury found Manson Bryant guilty of aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary, kidnapping and abduction.
The 32-year-old was initially sentenced to nearly 30 years in prison. Judge Eugene Lucci of the Lake County Court of Common Pleas changed his verdict during the March 1 hearing.
The defendant initially told the judge he respected him after stating he had made a "lifetime of bad decisions." Lucci, who had presided over eight of the felon's cases in the past decade, reduced Bryant's initial sentence to 22 years.
Defendant sentenced to 22 years in prison for aggravated burglary, aggravated robbery & carrying a concealed weapon
Then he stood up & began screaming obscenities at the judge
…..so the judge added six more years#WhenKeepingItRealGoesWrong
pic.twitter.com/04RJWpZW01— B Wood (@BeastOfWood) March 19, 2019
“Twenty-two years? Man, f**k your courtroom, you racist a** b****h," Bryant shouted. "F**k your courtroom, man. You racist as f**k. Twenty-two f*****g years? Racist a** b***h. You ain’t s**t.”
Lucci quickly reneged on his judgment following Bryant's words. He tacked on six more years to his sentence which totaled to 28 years. Bryant interrupted the statement by telling Lucci "f**k your courtroom" and "suck my d**k."
“The court determines that maximum imprisonment is needed," Lucci continued before Bryant was forcibly removed by Lake County Sheriff’s Office deputies. “So that’s 28 years.”
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“The defendant has shown me that he has no remorse whatsoever, and therefore the court determines that maximum imprisonment is needed," Lucci added. “He poses the greatest likelihood of recidivism. I apparently thought that he was more remorseful than what he was. He was just feeding me a line of bull.”
A report by the U.S. Sentencing Commission shows Black men receive 19.1 percent longer sentences than white men in the case of federal crimes. Although both races are committing the same crimes, the gap between time served is widening. Bryant's criminal history dates back to 1999 when he was a juvenile.
His attorney, Daniel Williams, plans to appeal the decision.
“Mr. Bryant received a significant sentence and had an emotional and regrettable reaction to it. He was otherwise very composed throughout the course of his trial, even when the verdict was rendered. He intends to appeal the verdict and sentence, and continues to remain hopeful," Williams told the news publication.
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