Man charged with ethnic intimidation for hitting white woman
CLEVELAND (AP) — Authorities say a suspected gang member who is black has been charged with a hate crime for allegedly punching a white woman in Cleveland.
Cleveland.com reports Cleveland police arrested 24-year-old Jermaine Hines Jr. early Thursday on an arrest warrant for a felony ethnic intimidation charge.
Court documents allege Hines walked up to a 51-year-old woman on a Cleveland street in August, punched her and knocked her to the ground without any provocation. Documents say Hines accused the woman of being a member of the Ku Klux Klan and called her a white supremacist.
Online court records don't indicate whether Hines has an attorney.
A Cleveland police detective said in court documents that Hines is a member of a street gang.