Denver AP —A Colorado man is facing possible bias-motivated charges for allegedly attacking a television news reporter after demanding to know whether he was a citizen, saying “This is Trump’s America now,” according to court documents.
Patrick Thomas Egan, 39, was arrested December 18 in Grand Junction after police say he followed KKCO/KJCT reporter Ja’Ronn Alex’s vehicle for around 40 miles from the Delta area.
Alex told police that he believed he had been followed and attacked because he is Pacific Islander.
Egan then tackled Alex, put him in a headlock and “began to strangle him,” the affidavit said.
KKCO/KJCT vice president and general manager Stacey Stewart said the station could not comment beyond what it has reported on the attack.
Persons:
Patrick Thomas Egan, KKCO, Ja’Ronn, Alex, Egan, “, Ruth Swift, Stacey Stewart
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Locations:
Colorado, America, Grand Junction, Delta, Pacific, Grand, Detroit