I knew it was just a matter of time.



CHICAGO – An black 18-year-old
suspected of a violent attack on a white teen told Chicago police the
beating was motivated by his anger over the Trayvon Martin case in
Florida, MyFoxChicago reports.

Alton Hayes III was charged with a hate crime after he and a
15-year-old attacked the 19-year-old man at about 1:00 a.m. on April 17
in Oak Park, a Chicago suburb.

Police say Hayes and his teenage partner, who has not been named
since he is a juvenile, picked the man apparently at random and pinned
his arms to the side.

Hayes allegedly then picked up a tree branch and demanded the victim
give them his belongings, saying, "Empty your pockets, white boy."

The suspects then rifled through the victim's pockets, threw him to
the ground and punched him numerous times in the head and back. Both
suspects are black and the victim is white, according to police.

MyFoxChicago reports Hayes told police he decided to attack his
victim because he is angry over the death of Trayvon Martin. Hayes said
he chose his victim because he is white.

Hayes was charged with attempted robbery, aggravated battery and a
hate crime, all felonies. His teenage comrade was referred to juvenile
court.

Trayvon Martin, 17, is the unarmed black teenager who was fatally
shot as he walked through a gated community in Sanford, Fla. on Feb. 26.
George Zimmerman, who has been charged with second-degree murder, went
into hiding Monday as he awaits trial.

Emotions have run high across the US over the incident, in large part
because six weeks passed before Zimmerman was charged -- leading many
African-American community leaders to decry what they perceived as
racism in the justice system.

On Saturday night, a white man was beaten by a throng of
African-Americans in Mobile, Ala., after telling a group of children to
stop playing basketball in the middle of a street -- with one witness
claiming she heard an assailant exclaim, "Now that's justice for
Trayvon," WKRG -TV reported.

However, the Mobile Police Department said the assault on Matthew Owens, 40, was not being investigated as a hate crime.


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