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Mark Olic Porter, convicted by a jury in March of a federal hate crime, delivered what the described as a 鈥渞acist rant鈥� in court when he was sentenced late last month by before U.S. District Judge Dee Benson.

The 59-year-old defendant told the court that 鈥淎frican-Americans are pimps, drug dealers, violent and dangerous,鈥� the newspaper reported.

The judge told the defendant he鈥檚 a racist, but that it was his actions, not his speech, that landed him in trouble with the law.

Prosecutors recommended that Porter, who has 15 prior convictions, serve between 37 and 46 months in prison, but the judge sentenced him to nine months. With credit for time served, Porter will be eligible for release by this weekend.

In November 2016, at an apartment complex in Draper, Utah, Porter began yelling racial slurs at a first-grade boy riding a scooter because his skin was black.聽 When the boy鈥檚 father heard the yelling and went to get his son, Porter shouted, 鈥淵ou and your n-----聽son can get out of here.鈥�

Seconds later, the boy鈥檚 father was assaulted on his neck by an electrified Zap Cane and 鈥渇elt pain that pretty much incapacitated me,鈥� he testified at trial.

Porter fought with police before they arrested him on third-degree-felony aggravated assault and misdemeanor counts of assault against a police officer, interference with arresting officers and intoxication.

The state charges were dropped when federal authorities took over the investigation and obtained a grand jury indictment against Porter last September.

Porter was convicted of using force and threats to injure, intimidate and interfere with an African-American man because of his race and occupancy in the apartment complex.

The crime victim released a statement saying he and his family 鈥渁re extremely disappointed in the judge鈥檚 decision鈥� to only sentence the attacker to nine months in jail, calling the sentence 鈥渟ad and disheartening.鈥�

The victim said his son refused to sleep in his own bed, would not go outside to play and continues to experience fear. The family moved from the apartment complex after the racially motivated crime.

聽鈥淢r. Porter is a violent and hateful individual who has deep-rooted erroneous beliefs,鈥� the crime victim said in his statement. 鈥淲e hope that no one else becomes a victim at the hands of Mr. Porter in the future.鈥�

In a sentencing recommendation, prosecutors J. Drew Yeates and Rose E. Gibson said Porter鈥檚 conduct constituted aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon.

After being arrested, in a recorded jail phone call, Porter laughed about the circumstances.

鈥淭his defendant has demonstrated that he believes he can commit a hate crime and escape punishment,鈥� the prosecutors wrote in their court filing.

A sentence of 37 to 46 months would 鈥減romote respect for the law by sending a clear message to this defendant that the Court does not condone the 鈥� commission of a hate crime.鈥�