Georgia man charged with “racial” attack on UF campus that left victim unconscious

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Talan Isaac Bens, 19, of Gainesville, Georgia, was arrested yesterday after allegedly attacking and choking a man who was walking in a group on the University of Florida campus.

At about 10:53 a.m. on January 18, a “large” group of students was walking from W. University Avenue toward the Honors Dorms when Bens and a black male who was later identified as R.J. Priest started harassing them with racial slurs against Indian and African American individuals…

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