By Atiya Jordan
Black Enterprise
Officials charged a Wisconsin man with a federal hate crime in the series of intimidation and threats that targeted at least one Puerto Rican neighbor and eight Black residents in his apartment complex.
According to CNN, Milwaukee County resident William McDonald faces a federal charge of “willfully injuring, intimidating, or interfering with another’s housing rights because of their race, color, or national origin by force or threat of force,” as per obtained court documents. But he was released on his own recognizance last week.
The criminal complaint indicates that the alleged incidents spanned from March 2021 through April 2022. During that time, McDonald left intimidatory and minacious notes filled with racist slurs on the windshields of his neighbors’ vehicles. He accused them of speeding throughout the West Allis neighborhood…….more here
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