Idiot of the Week: Man pleads guilty to hate crime after hitting man with his car

I have zero tolerance for bigots, and this 78 year old guy should get jail for 10 years AND needs to be fined $250000 after hitting a Vietnamese man with his car, TWICE. This old bigot is today's idiot.

 (Photo: Idiot  John Sullivan (in the Wheelchair) of Quincy at his dangerousness hearing in 2022. The district court charges were eventually dropped. Photo by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff) 

Quincy man pleads guilty to hate crime after hitting man with his car 

78-year-old John Sullivan threatened to kill a Vietnamese family outside a Quincy post office and told them to "go back to China."

Boston Com,   By Molly Farrar , April 3, 2024 

A 78-year-old Quincy man pleaded guilty to committing a hate crime after hitting a man twice with his car and yelling anti-Asian threats, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday.

John Sullivan pleaded guilty to one count of violating the Shepard-Byrd Hate Crimes Prevention Act. He was accused of shouting “go back to China” at a Vietnamese family — including three children under the age of 12 — and hitting a man from the family with his car outside a Quincy post office in December of 2022.

A federal grand jury indicted Sullivan on the hate crime charge in February 2023.

Sullivan initially pleaded not guilty to civil rights, assault, and reckless driving charges in Quincy District Court in 2022. He was released on conditions after the incident, including home confinement and no driving, The Boston Globe reported. According to court documents, the district court charges against Sullivan were dropped in March of 2023.

What happened in 2022?

George Ngo from Quincy after a racist altercation in front of Quincy’s Main Post Office where he was allegedly hit a car driven by John Sullivan in 2022. Photos are courtesy of Desiree Thien Desiree Thien told the Globe that she, her three children and her brother, George Ngo, were outside of a post office on Washington Street in Quincy one morning in late 2022.

Prosecutors said Sullivan threatened to kill the family and told them to “go back to China.”

After a verbal altercation, Sullivan hit Ngo with his car. Ngo clung to the hood while Sullivan drove about 200 yards. Ngo fell off the car, and Sullivan hit him again, prosecutors said. Ngo then fell into a nearby construction ditch.

Sullivan then allegedly fled the scene, the DA’s office said at the time. Ngo suffered a broken shoulder, a concussion, and an injury to his leg.

“The actions of John Sullivan are appalling and a sad reflection of intolerance and hate that is far too prevalent in our society,” Acting United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Joshua S. Levy said. “This behavior will never be tolerated and we will continue to aggressively prosecute hate crimes.”

Sullivan will be sentenced this summer to a maximum of 10 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000.