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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edwin Rios

Florida man found guilty on hate crime charges for attacking Black man

Hate crimes, especially against Black, Asian, and Jewish Americans, climbed across the US throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
Hate crimes, especially against Black, Asian and Jewish Americans, climbed across the US throughout the coronavirus pandemic. Photograph: Jae C Hong/AP

A federal grand jury found a Florida man guilty on hate crime charges for a “racially motivated” attack on a Black man traveling with his family in Seminole, 24 miles west of Tampa, the US justice department announced on Thursday.

The Black man, identified only by as “JT”, was driving with his daughter and girlfriend last August when Jordan Patrick Leahy, 29, spewed racial slurs and attempted to run him off the road for nearly a mile.

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