A 23-year-old man was stabbed in the chest Sunday after attending a rally in support of Palestinians. He is recovering in the hospital.
Nizar and Odilia Doar speak about their son, Zacharia, who is recovering after being stabbed Sunday. At a news conference at City Hall on Tuesday, they and members of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, urged police and prosecutors to charge the suspect with a hate crime.Zacharia Doar, 23, was grabbing a bite to eat with three of his friends Sunday after attending a rally in support of Palestinian rights and calling for a cease-fire in Gaza.
The group said they were near the intersection of Nueces Street and West 26th Street when a man riding a bike tried to rip a flagpole with a Palestinian keffiyeh scarf reading"Free Palestine" off their truck. The victims told police the man, who has been identified as 36-year-old Bert James Baker, repeatedly screamed the N-word and other obscenities at them, opened the passenger door and pulled one man out of the truck and attacked him. The three others got out to fight him off. Baker then allegedly pulled out a knife and stabbed Doar in the chest, breaking one of his ribs.
Police responded to a call and arrested Baker. He was taken to the Travis County Jail and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Nizar Doar said his son is recovering and urged police and prosecutors to charge Baker with a hate crime. Members of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, a Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, are calling for the same.
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