Michigan Man Sentenced to Prison for Hate Crimes Against BLM Supporters.

Saginaw optometrist Kenneth Pilon has been sentenced to 10 months in federal prison for threatening to harm Black Lives Matter supporters in a series of rants he made over the phone to Starbucks employees. Pilon admitted to calling nine Starbucks stores in 2020 and telling those who answered his calls to relay this message to employees wearing BLM T-shirts: “The only good (N-word) is a dead (N-word).” He also left nooses at Kroger and Walmart parking lots in Saginaw and tucked one inside a beverage cooler at a 7-Eleven store with a handwritten note attached that read: “An accessory to be worn with your ‘BLM’ T-shirt. Happy protesting!'"