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Ronald Madis Ebens (born October 30, 1939) [1] is an American convicted killer. Ebens, with his stepson Michael Nitz as an accomplice, killed Vincent Chin, [2] a Chinese American man, on June 19, 1982.
Some still feel there was no justice even after the long legal ordeal that included: 1) the state murder prosecution, where Ebens and his stepson, Michael Nitz, were allowed to plea bargain to second degree murder, given 3 years’ probation and fined $3,720; 2) the first federal prosecution on civil rights charges that ended in a 25-year ...
Vincent Jen Chin (Chinese: 陳果仁; May 18, 1955 – June 23, 1982) was an American draftsman of Chinese descent who was killed in a racially motivated assault by two white men, Chrysler plant supervisor Ronald Ebens and his stepson, laid-off autoworker Michael Nitz.
Dec 11, 2015 · Ebens and his stepson Michael Nitz pleaded guilty to manslaughter in 1983 for the beating death of 27-year-old Chin in Detroit. Accounts have suggested that Ebens and Nitz targeted Chin, who was...
Jun 23, 2022 · Competition from Japan was cutting into the profits of US automakers, driving them to rely more heavily on automation and lay off hundreds of thousands of people across Michigan – including Ebens’...
Mar 27, 2021 · In 1984, Ronald Ebens and Michael Nitz were indicted on two counts of conspiracy and violating Vincent Chin's right to be in a place of public accommodation because of his race, and sentenced...
Jun 16, 2022 · MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. — When Vincent Chin, a Chinese American man who lived near Detroit, was beaten to death with a baseball bat after being pursued by two white autoworkers in 1982, it...
May 5, 2020 · On the night Chin went out with his friends, 43-year-old Chrysler foreman Ronald Ebens and his 22-year-old stepson Michael Nitz, who’d lost his job at Chrysler, were also at the club. According...
Jun 17, 2022 · Ronald Ebens and his stepson, Michael Nitz, were sentenced to three years' probation and fined $3,000. These events galvanized a generation of Asian American activists to fight for civil rights...
Jun 23, 2017 · That night at a bar he crossed paths with Ronald Ebens and Michael Nitz. The two worked in the auto industry and were angry about recent layoffs which were widely blamed on Japanese imports....
