Biography
Eric Hancock is an antifascist prisoner serving a year’s sentence for unlawful wounding after a confrontation that developed when a white power band played Richmond. On January 19th, 2018, a fascist-affiliated band, The Sentinels, were playing a show in downtown Richmond. This show eventually lead to a confrontation in which several white supremacists pulled out knives. Eric was stabbed outright and defended himself, which led to his being charged with the injuries sustained by two of his attackers.
Hancock accepted a sentence of one year imprisonment on a single charge of unlawful wounding, a class 6 felony in Virginia, in a non-cooperating plea agreement. The decision to accept this plea came after a year awaiting trial. Initially charged with both malicious wounding and aggravated malicious wounding, Eric faced a mandatory 25 years in a state that does not offer parole.
