A student who listed his Black classmate on Craigslist as a 'slave for sale' has been given a probationary sentence

• A teen was given probation and ordered to do community service after pleading guilty to hate crimes.

• The student posted a Craigslist ad in 2019 featuring a photo of a Black classmate.

• The ad was labeled "slave for sale" and captioned with a racial slur.

A student in Illinois has been given a probationary sentence for posting an ad on Craigslist offering one of his Black classmates as a "slave for sale."

The unnamed male student at Naperville Central High School in the western Chicago suburb of Naperville, Illinois, was given a two-year probationary sentence and was ordered to serve 100 hours of community service, per a statement released by the DuPage County state attorney's office.

According to the statement, the student pleaded guilty to two counts of felony hate crime and one count of disorderly conduct on September 1. He will be required to undergo counseling as part of his probation.