Summary
Patrick Thomas Egan, 39, was arrested in Colorado for allegedly attacking TV reporter Ja’Ronn Alex, demanding to know if Alex was a U.S. citizen and declaring, “This is Trump’s America now.”
Police say Egan followed Alex’s vehicle for 40 miles, confronted him at his news station, and tackled him, putting him in a headlock that left Alex struggling to breathe.
The attack is being investigated as a possible bias-motivated crime.
Egan faces charges of assault and harassment, with prosecutors yet to file formal charges.
The attack is being investigated as a possible bias-motivated crime.
The levels of avoiding saying “hate-crime”
After ABC News just ponied up $15M to settle that Trump lawsuit, it’s no surprise.
They used to be called “hate crimes”. Why are we soft peddling violent racism like this
I think that’s a bit like thinking Ronald McDonald owns McDonald’s.
Like nah, man, that’s just the clown they put on the adverts.
Alex, who had been out reporting, then drove back to his news station in the city. After he got out of his vehicle, Egan chased Alex as he ran toward the station’s door and demanded to see his identification, according to the document laying out police’s evidence in the case. Egan then tackled Alex, put him in a headlock and “began to strangle him,” the affidavit said.
He followed him, chased him down and proceeded to strangle him, and they still needed to determine if this was a “bias-motivated crime”.
Egan, who was driving a taxi, pulled up next to Alex at a stoplight and, according to an arrest affidavit, said something to the effect of: “Are you even a U.S. citizen? This is Trump’s America now! I’m a Marine and I took an oath to protect this country from people like you!”
Yeah still too early to tell isn’t it
and they still needed to determine if this was a “bias-motivated crime”.
As is always the case, police need to be as neutral as possible in their public statements so they don’t accidentally cause a mistrial by saying something that could be perceived as bias.
By not calling the guy out as a racist piece of shit, they’re making sure the judge won’t be forced to dismiss the case.
didn’t realize we called racism “bias-motivation” now
He followed him for 40 miles
40
That’s insane.
