Source: Sherburne County Jail
A Minnesota white man was charged with federal hate crimes last week for allegedly calling a Black man racial slurs before punching him in the face and knocking him out.
According to the DOJ , on Feb. 3, 2024, Justin Kudla used force or the threat of force to injure, intimidate and interfere with the victim — a Black man identified in the indictment as Victim 1 — because of Victim 1’s race, color, religion and/or national origin, and because Victim 1 was enjoying the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages and accommodations of a local bar. Kudla was also charged with willfully causing bodily injury to Victim 1 because of Victim 1’s actual and perceived race…