A Colorado man is facing possible bias-motivated charges for allegedly attacking a television news reporter after demanding to know whether he was a citizen, saying “This is Trump’s America now,” according to court documents.

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    804 months ago

    He followed a reporter back to the news station and strangled him in front of the building with witnesses. Bizarre to call that “suspicion of bias-motivated crimes.”

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      He’s gunna have a problem, he yelled about being a marine so they’re probably going to slap his ass in a uniform throw him before tribunal and hit him with conduct unbecoming and if they want they can hit him again with whatever he gets convicted of.

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        104 months ago

        Article also says he’s 39 and was driving a taxi so in this instance, “I’m a Marine,” probably indicates that he was formerly in the Marine corps. Once a Marine, always a Marine, or so they say.

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          14 months ago

          Yep can’t remember which like it was they fucked the conversation for in regular court so the military recalled him and convicted him for it under ucmj.

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        You’re forgetting who’s America this is. I would not be surprised in the least if he gets off pretty much scot-free because he had “good intentions” and was just “defending his country”.

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    84 months ago

    After arriving in Grand Junction, 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 US citizen? This is Trump’s America now! I’m a Marine and I took an oath to protect this country from people like you!”

    Did the citizenship even matter to this guy? It’s like he saw someone with a bit too much melanin and lost his mind.

    I wonder if he was listening to talk radio in that taxi of his?

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    864 months ago

    Trump has given the racists permission to attack anyone they don’t like.