A white man in Michigan is facing a federal hate crime charge for allegedly attacking a Black teenager with a bike lock and yelling, “Black lives don’t matter,” among other racial slurs.
white man in Michigan faces a federal hate crime charge for allegedly attacking a Black teenager
Lee Mouat, 42, was charged in the Eastern District of Michigan with assaulting Devin Freelon, 18, because of the teen's race, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday.when Mouat, who was with his family, confronted a group of Black teens he didn't know, including Freelon Witnesses said they heard Mouat say he would “bash their heads” if Freelon and his friends didn’t lower their music and heard him scream, “Black lives don’t matter," the complaint says.
“Mouat approached them, and Mouat and the young men began yelling at each other,” according to the complaint. “Mouat walked to his vehicle and retrieved a chain bike-lock, returned to the group of young men, and struck one of them in the jaw with the bike-lock.”, suffered a fractured jaw and lost several teeth in the attack, the Justice Department said in a news release Tuesday.
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