rishi, he won't rot behind bars as he killed himself as well.
But reading the full story, I think it was not only racism but also being found guilty of theft that caused the aggression.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38554795/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/
"Omar Thornton sat calmly in a meeting with union representative and his supervisors as they showed a video of him stealing beer from the distributor where he worked."