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Where are Sharpton and Jesse?
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) - A jury on Monday convicted a millionaire couple of enslaving two Indonesian women they brought to their mansion to work as housekeepers.
Mahender Murlidhar Sabhnani, 51, and his wife, Varsha Mahender Sabhnani, 45, were each convicted of all charges in a 12-count federal indictment that included forced labor, conspiracy, involuntary servitude, and harboring aliens.
Prosecutors said the women were subjected to repeated psychological and physical abuse and were forced to work 18 hours or more a day.
The Sabhnanis, who have four children and who operate a worldwide perfume business out of their Muttontown home on Long Island's Gold Coast, could face up to 40 years in prison, although attorneys predicted the punishment would be considerably less.
Isn’t this always the case in the USA? The wealthier the perpetrator, the more odious the crime, the more likely it becomes that some bargain will be struck.
On the other hand, the governments will want to take that sandwich-shop operator in PA who put up a “speak English” sign, and nail him to a tree.
Any bets on whether Sharpton and Jackson will show up to protest this modern case of slavery? Or will it be outside their purview because there’s no way for them to extort money out of it.?
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Stan, though Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are masters in exploting "the
race card", this situation involving the still very real East Indian "caste
system", is out of their "purvey". The wealthy couple learned that this is
America not India and slavery is not accepted. The good "Reverends" are
waitng for the next incident that has "white racism" overtones. That's
where they get celebrity status and bucks.
Roosevelt, you hit the nail squarely on the head. Jesse and Al are not all
about what the liberals call "human rights," only a small sub-set of that
issue that will benefit them personally.