A White man in Michigan was charged with a federal hate crime Tuesday after allegedly attacking a Black teenager at a park over the summer, hitting him in the face with a metal bike lock.
Lee James Mouat, 42, allegedly approached a group of Black teenagers on June 6 and repeatedly used racial slurs, telling them they had no right to use the public beach at Sterling State Park, about 38 miles south of Detroit, according to the complaint filed in the U.S.
District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Mouat then allegedly struck one of the teens in the face with a bike lock, knocking out several of the victim’s teeth and fracturing his jaw.
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