She pleaded guilty to unlawful imprisonment as a hate crime and aggravated harassment, both in the second degree.
. It turned out that Harrold never had her cellphone.
"Are you kidding me? Do you really feel like there is only one iPhone made like the in the world?" Keyon Harrold Sr. is heard saying on the footage."You see two Black people ...," he added.Harrold Jr. is the son of a prominent jazz trumpeter Keyon Harrold Sr., who also recorded the altercation on his cell phone.'s Gayle King, Ponsetto said her actions were not racially charged.
Shortly after Ponsetto's court appearance, District Attorney Alvin Bragg released a statement saying, in part,"Ms. Ponsetto displayed outrageous behavior. As a Black man, I have personally experienced racial profiling countless times in my life and I sympathize with the young man victimized in this incident. This plea ensures appropriate accountability for Ms. Ponsetto by addressing underlying causes for her behavior and ensuring this conduct does not reoccur.
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