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- Jarvis McKenzie: “It Will Forever Change My Life”
- McKenzie’s Message: “Push the Bill”
A South Carolina man who survived a reported racially motivated shooting is breaking his silence and urging lawmakers to pass a statewide hate crime bill.
Alleged South Carolina hate crime
Jarvis McKenzie, who deputies say was targeted in an alleged hate crime attack, spoke publicly for the first time about the terrifying incident that happened on July 17 along Brookspring Road in northeast Richland County.
Suspect allegedly targeted Jarvis
According to investigators with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department, McKenzie, who is Black, was standing outside his home around 5:30 a.m. when a driver stopped, stared at him, and opened fire. Deputies say the suspect, 33-year-old Jonathan Felkel, who is White, shouted, “keep running, boy” as he fired.
Felkel was arrested and charged with assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, and hate intimidation under Richland County’s recently enacted hate crime ordinance…