Eighteen-Year-Old Basketball Star Sentenced Three Years In Prison, Collapses In Court
Eighteen-Year-Old Tony Farmer Reacts To The Judge’s Three Year Prison Sentence
Instead of attending elaborate dinners and ceremonies commemorating his college pick, 18-year-old Tony Farmer will be spending three years in prison. The 6-foot-7 athlete is one of Ohio’s top picks in the sport of basketball. He pleaded guilty to kidnapping, felonious assault, and other crimes.
Farmer was involved in an altercation last April with his ex-girlfriend, Andrea Lane. Video footage from Lane’s apartment complex showed the dispute. It even captured Farmer dragging Lane by her hair at one point. Farmer was later charged with intimidation after sending threatening text messages to Lane following the dispute.
Upon receiving his sentence, Farmer collapsed into the arms of a sheriff’s deputy and fell to the floor in utter disappointment. Lane was among many people in court who were sobbing after Judge Pamela Barker delivered the sentence. ”I know he was a good person,” Lane said. “I hope he still is.”
Prior to being sentenced to prison, Farmer had the interest of Ohio State, Xavier, Dayton and Michigan State. Do you believe he received an adequate punishment?
OK. What’s the problem. Based on what they state he did, he’s getting off easy. What? Should there be a special sentence for him just because he had a basketball talent. NO. HE should have thought about the impacts to his future and walked away. See you in 1.5 to 3 years. Nobody’s fault but your own.
Honestly had this been a white couple I don’t think he would have gotten that sentence…..wonders if the girl was white. And yes I said it. We have similar things going on here when the female is white and the male is black. When the stats are slightly different where the female is black the sentence isn’t as harsh. I’m from Michigan. I don’t think he should have gotten three years for a domestic dispute. People get less time when a person actually kills themselves over a text, pay attention.
It’s a sad thing to see any young person caught up in our criminal justice system that’s never been fair or equal for black people. But I’d rather see him in jail than his ex girlfriend in the hospital or dead. That’s usually the end result to these type of abusive situations.
I see evryone making comments about whats right or whats wrong with the sentence…He made a mistake,hes only 18 yrs old. I dont know what drove him to do what he did and i dont know what she did to cause him to react that way! But talk is cheap and always has been..Has anyone thought about what prison will do to this young man that could be saved at this point! Prison will make him worse not better…how many of you have did three years? not a one i bet!..he will come out of prison after being locked up three years with child molesters and real criminals..If he can be saved now then thats what should be done,there are alternatives to prison!
OMGoodness! I was wondering was there ANYBODY out there thinking of saving the lives of BOTH of these kids when they don’t have sense enough to save themselves! Prison is NOT the answer. Him passing out shows that he was clueless of the consequenses. Why ruin his life when there are opportunities of scaring the “h**l” out of him and requiring him to additional educational programs to help other teen abusers. #BuildQuailtyMenFromTheirMistakesWithPositiveReinforcement
saw the video and yes he did get off lightly for kicking a white woman!.. *smh.. when the h**l will the blk man understand!!
justice is not blind you of the dark race!!
in the video it shows him kick her (tryn to stomp her out).
now had this been blk on blk he would have gotten probation
had this been white on white it would have never went to court!
So I don’t feel sorry for him. You have been told over and over stay the h**l out the white womans face! !!!..
Who made the video? Our brothers gon learn. Ya want a Bunny, huh? Like all the other bruthas that swear “that’s what’s in my circle” c**p. Stupid tail dummies. And what’s really sad is that there is really nothing wrong with falling in love with whom ever it is you love…. black, white, green, or grey, but it appears to be a pattern here…popular, well off, or rich black man, white woman…..more often than not. I’m just saying.
What a young FOOL! You have a dream given to you and you throw it away fighting a woman. Where are his parents, especially the father?
This should be a lesson to all young African-American males, they have a jail cell waiting for your bad behavior.
I to ask the question, what is her race? Yes, I asked!
He did a wrong deed and now he’s paying the penalty. It’s about consequences. That’s all.
He definitely needs counseling because he has anger management issues and the young lady never deserves to be beaten up; however prison will destroy him. I guess that’s the idea behind the sentence~so where is his court appointed attorney? Can his sentence be appealed and reduced with stipulations? Let’s pray for both he and his ex girlfriend. There is so much violence fed to younger people these days, it’s no wonder that he acts out and she is sobbing in court to free him! Both are viticms of the movies, videos, Internet, and of course their first babysitter the TELEVISION! Pray Pray Pray for our young folks.
Is is it possible that he received a harsher sentence due to race-his and hers? Yes. But is the sentence generally appropriate? Yes. I have spent many years working with victims of intimate partner violence. The only time incidents even go to trial is when there is an eyewitness unrelated to the partners or videotape. Rarely does any man get any legal punishment for abusing a woman. Perhaps this is why a 3 year sentence seems so shocking. Reading some comme ts makes me wonder how anyone can justify his behavior NOT incurring g legal consequences. Do you want your daughter to be stomped on, threatened, dragged by her hair, etc? About time that all women of any color were treated with respect. We deserve it and are not going to get it by being upset when one perpetrator gets justice for a change. And by the way. I am generally opposed to prison as being a just solution but our society has no other mode for stopping the domestic abuser: anger management classes and anti-abuse classes do not work. Judging from some of the comments here you can see why: feeling sorry for the abuser, justifying his actions based on what she MIGHT have said or done, yep, that’s what perpetuates this menace, finding excuses to excuse abuse. Misogyny. Simple misogyny.
I’m not even remotely surprised by his reaction. In the wake of Chris Brown, and seeing celebrity men who abuse women remain free from prison while paying a small price (probation, fines, etc.), of course he’s surprised.
We all need to turn off reality TV and start teaching our young men reality.
Let me just say, my black nephew just completed a 3-year sentence for domestic abuse in Ohio and the young lady was Black!!! He was in disbelieve when his sentence came down as well and still is…and jail was an absolute AWFUL experience for him- -said he had to fight EVERY day. He has truly learned his lesson the hard way…(unfortunately, we couldn’t tell him anything when he was younger) and is on a mission to keep other members of our family from making those mistakes.
He should serve around 12-13 months with good behaviour while locked up, so his career will have to unfortunately be put on hold. So unfortunate was his adverse actions, although we all make mistakes but must also pay for our mistakes, so hopefully he and others will learn a lesson that violence does not pay but only create greater problems down the road. This young man has a great future awaiting him after he pays his debt to society, so Gods speed to him, assuming that he chooses the right road to success after this is all over, the choice is his.
First of all the young lady was NOT white…secondly she pleaded with the judge that he needs help. The beating, the testimony, sentencing and judges remarks are all on the Internet. Somewhere in this young man’s life someone failed him. I’m just guessing he was raised by his mother and she probably treated him as if he was going to save them through his promising basketball future. He beat on that girl as if he were entitled. Additionally, he was violating a protection order to stay away from her. Three years is a long time to be incarcerated..period. Thirty days is a long time to be incarcerated. If I were his family I would see to it that there is a positive Black male influence who will regularly visit him to prepare him for the rest of his life when he is released. He needs guidance…that will teach him how to value his OWN life as well as others.
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My first question is whether the young lady is white or black – don’t think it doesn’t make a difference. This young man has 3 yrs to think about the great life he threw away on a woman that he was not married to or even knew for any real amount of time. The new lynching is prison terms for Black men who like Forbidden Fruit and can’t afford it or don’t have that “house Ni**a” mentality to hold on to her (you know you have to keep her laughing). I guess you’re still young – you’ll learn.
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