- Tyson Theodore Mayfield, a self-proclaimed white supremacist with swastika and SS lightning bolt tattoos, was sentenced to 27 years to life in prison on August 29, 2025, for threatening a pregnant Black woman at a Fullerton, Ca., bus stop in September 2018, after an appellate court overturned his prior five-year sentence, ruling it too lenient.
- Mayfield, shirtless and displaying his white supremacist tattoos, yelled racial slurs and threatened to “drop” the unborn child of an eight-month pregnant Black woman at the Fullerton Transportation Center, prompting her to pepper-spray him and flee to a nearby cafe for safety.
- Sentenced as a third-striker, Mayfield’s lengthy record of violent attacks, including a 2018 hate crime conviction for assaulting a Filipino and Turkish man, contributed to the harsh sentence, with Judge Michael J. Cassidy noting his ongoing threat to the community. Read More