An elderly South Carolina man is facing charges after being accused of committing a racially motivated attack against a Black hospice caregiver, which was caught on camera and posted to social media.
John Daniel Rosso, 79, was charged with misdemeanor assault and battery in the third degree on April 28.
According to a police report cited by The Augusta Press and WRDW, officers arrived at the scene in a residential neighborhood in Aiken earlier that day, where they saw 25-year-old Jasmine Thomas with visible bruising on her face.
The certified nursing assistant told police that she was driving to work and saw Rosso, who is white, parked on the side of the road and speaking with a woman walking her dog. She said Rosso followed her down the street and parked behind her after she stopped her car outside the home where she works…