Alton Hayes III | Suspect: I Beat Up White Man Because I Am Mad About Trayvon Martin Case
Maywood, Ill. - Alton L. Hayes III, a west suburban man charged with a hate crime, told police he was so upset about the Trayvon Martin case in Florida that he beat up a white man early Tuesday.
Hayes and a 15-year-old Chicago boy walked up behind the 19-year-old man victim and pinned his arms to his side, police said. Hayes, 18, then picked up a large tree branch, pointed it at the man and said, “Empty your pockets, white boy.”
The two allegedly rifled through the victim’s pockets, then threw him to the ground and punched him “numerous times” in the head and back before running away, police said. Hayes and the boy are black; the victim is white.
After being arrested, Hayes told police he was upset by the Trayvon Martin case and beat the man up because he was white, Cook County State’s Attorney’s office spokeswoman Tandra Simonton said, citing court records...
...Hayes, 18 of the 1200 block of North Woodbine Avenue in Oak Park, was charged with attempted robbery, aggravated battery and a hate crime, all felonies, Oak Park police Detective Cmdr. Ladon Reynolds said...This is completely wrong, like matter and antimatter coexisting. Blacks cannot commit hate crimes by definition. Just like blacks cannot be racist! This is just wrong. Where are Al and Jesse, where is the Holder "Just Us" Department on this?
And yes for anyone wondering that last paragraph is sarcasm. But in all seriousness I am astonished a city is charging this kid with a hate crime. How many times has the assault of a white by a non-white been classified as a simple assault but if it was reversed there would be a "hate crime" attached to the crime. I just hope the Supreme Court gets this issue again in the future and reverses itself. A hate crime is judging people differently in the eyes of the law. And nothing is more blatantly unconstitutional than that.
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