A Colorado man spent New Year's Eve behind bars, accused of bias crimes for allegedly trying to strangle a TV news reporter while saying, “This is Trump’s America now,” officials said.
Egan was still being held in lieu of $20,000 bond at Mesa County Jail on Tuesday afternoon, online sheriff's records showed.
Egan allegedly shouted, according to an affidavit in the man's arrest.
Egan was booked on suspicion of assault by strangulation, a bias motivated crime and harassment by ethnic intimidation, jail records showed.
"It highlights how racist and anti-immigrant rhetoric, which increased during the pandemic, has led to physical attacks on members of AAPI communities."
Persons:
Patrick Thomas Egan, Ja, Alex, Egan, Patrick, He’s, AAJA
Organizations:
Sunshine Rides, Citizen, U.S . Marine Corps, Asian American Journalists Association
Locations:
Colorado, America, Grand Junction, Mesa County, Pacific, U.S, American