On August 30, 1994, at age eighty one, Rosa Parks was attacked in her Detroit home by Joseph Skipper, who is also African American. The incident created outrage throughout America. Skipper was arrested and charged with various breaking and entering offenses against Parks and other neighborhood victims. He confessed to the crime and when recounting the sequence of events said he didn't know he was in Parks’s home but recognized her after entering. Skipper asked, "Hey, aren't you Rosa Parks?" and she replied "yes." She handed him $3 when he demanded money and an additional $50 when he demanded more. Before fleeing, Skipper struck Parks in the face.‏² Skipper admitted guilt and on August 8, 1995 was sentenced to eight to fifteen years in prison.‏³ Parks notably forgave her assailant and expressed a wish that he could receive rehabilitation "instead of imprisonment.