A 19-year-old Coral Springs man is facing a hate crime charge after Miami Beach police say he and another teen targeted a visibly Jewish man in Miami Beach and sprayed him and others with liquid from a water gun simply because they were Jews.
Michael Dean Emerson, 19, of Coral Springs, was arrested along with Dominic Angelo Martinez, 18, of Tamarac, in connection with the Jan. 11 incident near 41st Street and Collins Avenue, according to court records.
A Miami Beach Police Department arrest report states the Jewish victim was standing on the corner speaking with several other members of the Jewish community who were identifiable by their yarmulkes when a black 2017 Bentley Bentayga drove up with Emerson and Martinez inside, authorities said…