GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.—A former business teacher at Grand Junction High School is being ordered to spend two months in jail for beating a man in a racial attack.
Forty-six-year-old Michael Taylor pleaded guilty to a felony charge of committing a bias-motivated crime. He was sentenced Wednesday in Mesa County District Court.
Taylor was involved in a fight at the Ale House restaurant in Grand Junction last April 27th. Authorities say Taylor was heard using a racial slur against the man several times, and was seen kicking the man in the head after he’d been knocked to the ground.
Fifty-two-year-old Gregory McQuitter suffered a dislocated elbow and a broken nose.
Taylor will also serve three years on probation, perform 100 hours of community service, and donate $1,000 to charity.
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Information from: The Daily Sentinel,
