When Jarvis McKenzie locked eyes with the man in the car, he couldn't understand the hate he saw. When the man picked up a rifle, fired over his head and yelled “you better get running, boy!” as he scrambled behind a brick wall, McKenzie knew it was because he is Black.
Mr McKenzie shared his story a month after the shooting, highlighting South Carolina's unique position as one of only two US states, alongside Wyoming, without its own hate crime legislation.
