A South Carolina man is facing hate crime charges after video showed him firing a gun at a Black jogger, whom he called “boy.”
According to Atlanta Black Star, Jonathan Felkel was charged with hate intimidation, assault, and battery of a high and aggravated nature, and possession of a weapon during a violent crime in connection with his July 17 attack on a Black jogger in Richland County.
Surveillance video shows Felkel parked near a gated community at roughly 6 a.m. Felkel grabbed a rifle from the passenger seat and fired a shot at a Black man jogging past him. He then drove into the community, shouting, “Keep running, boy.” The victim was not injured…