'It’s an Injustice': Black Oregon Firefighter Convicted By All-White Jury for Defending Himself Against an Alleged Racist Attacker Who Still Roams Free

'It’s an Injustice': Black Oregon Firefighter Convicted By All-White Jury for Defending Himself Against an Alleged Racist Attacker Who Still Roams Free

Last summer, a Black wildlands firefighter in Oregon was sentenced to nearly six years in jail for defending himself against what he claimed was a racist attack. Despite the assailant throwing the first punch, allegedly calling him the N-word and having illicit drugs in his system, Brian “Hakyim” Simpson remains locked up in Snake River Correctional Facility, found guilty of second-degree assault by an all-white jury. His friends, supporters, fe…