A California jury convicted a 62-year-old man of felony assault with a deadly weapon and a hate crime enhancement for a road rage incident last year.
Tracy Robert Blackwell could spend up to seven years in prison for the violent episode in May 2023 that was caught on camera .
The incident started after the 62-year-old crossed several lanes of traffic to get to an on-ramp for a freeway in Oakland and cut in front of a car driven by a Black mother of three.
After nearly hitting her car, the woman honked her horn at Blackwell.
As both cars made their way up the ramp to the I-880 freeway, Blackwell started yelling the N-word and other expletives repeatedly at the woman and her children.
Once both cars were on the freeway, Blackwell got into a lane next to the woman and continued yelling racist obscenities at the family and throwing items from his car at their vehicle, which was caught on cellphone video by the woman’s 14-year-old daughter.
The viral video shows Blackwell screaming, “F*** you, n—,” at the family, saying the n-word half a dozen times.