Hate Crimes are Skyrocketing according to the Justice Department... And here's another one.
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A Michigan man was charged by federal prosecutors with a hate crime for “willfully causing bodily injury to an African-American teenager because of the teenager’s race.” But the devil was in the details as Lee Mouat, a 42-year-old white man, repeatedly calling a group of Black teens the N-word before retrieving a bike lock from his car and hitting one of them (Devin Freelon) in the face with it, breaking his jaw and knocking out several teeth.
“N****rs don’t belong on this beach,” the complaint claims Mouat said. “While [Freelon] retrieved a portable speaker from a vehicle, Mouat yelled racial slurs at [his] two friends, who were also Black teenagers. As DevinFreelon walked over to his friends, he noticed Mouat walking quickly towards him. Mouat then swung a bike lock, which struck [Freelon] in the face.”
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See the damage here: https://twitter.com/TheDMVDailyy/status/1270110924179996672
See the arrest announcement here: https://twitter.com/CornellWBrooks/status/1316174299816919040
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One witness, claiming Mouat’s racist violence was premeditated, said he was angry at the Black teens before confronting them. The witness claims Mouat said “these n*****s are playing music” and “I want to hit them with this cooler.” The complaint also says the witness claimed Mouat called them “n*****s” and “monsters” and added that “I wish someone would say something to me so I can beat them.”
Here is the Justice Department's official criminal complaint about the incident: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/michigan-man-charged-hate-crimes-attacking-african-american-teenager
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And at this link you can see that hate crimes have gotten to an all time high in 2020: https://www.justice.gov/hatecrimes/hate-crimes-case-examples
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What are your thought on this situation?
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A Michigan man was charged by federal prosecutors with a hate crime for “willfully causing bodily injury to an African-American teenager because of the teenager’s race.” But the devil was in the details as Lee Mouat, a 42-year-old white man, repeatedly calling a group of Black teens the N-word before retrieving a bike lock from his car and hitting one of them (Devin Freelon) in the face with it, breaking his jaw and knocking out several teeth.
“N****rs don’t belong on this beach,” the complaint claims Mouat said. “While [Freelon] retrieved a portable speaker from a vehicle, Mouat yelled racial slurs at [his] two friends, who were also Black teenagers. As DevinFreelon walked over to his friends, he noticed Mouat walking quickly towards him. Mouat then swung a bike lock, which struck [Freelon] in the face.”
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See the damage here: https://twitter.com/TheDMVDailyy/status/1270110924179996672
See the arrest announcement here: https://twitter.com/CornellWBrooks/status/1316174299816919040
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One witness, claiming Mouat’s racist violence was premeditated, said he was angry at the Black teens before confronting them. The witness claims Mouat said “these n*****s are playing music” and “I want to hit them with this cooler.” The complaint also says the witness claimed Mouat called them “n*****s” and “monsters” and added that “I wish someone would say something to me so I can beat them.”
Here is the Justice Department's official criminal complaint about the incident: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/michigan-man-charged-hate-crimes-attacking-african-american-teenager
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And at this link you can see that hate crimes have gotten to an all time high in 2020: https://www.justice.gov/hatecrimes/hate-crimes-case-examples
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What are your thought on this situation?
