MIAMI – Two white Florida males have been charged with a federal hate crime for allegedly beating a Black man in a retailer car parking zone whereas yelling racial slurs.
Roy Lashley, 55, and Robert Lashley, 52, have been indicted by a grand jury, the U.S. Justice Department stated in a news launch Friday.
The pair had already been charged with assault and battery beneath state regulation for the November assault of the Black man in the car parking zone of a Family Dollar retailer in Citrus County, which is north of the Tampa space.
Federal courtroom data didn’t checklist an lawyer for both man.Â
It was not clear how or if they’re associated.
According to arrest data, the sufferer — recognized solely by the initials D.B. — stated he was strolling away from the shop when somebody started yelling racial slurs. Investigators say Robert Lashley ran towards D.B. and started hitting him in the face.
Roy Lashley then allegedly struck D.B. a number of occasions with an ax deal with because the Black man lay on the bottom.Â
Roy Lashley additionally received right into a confrontation with arresting deputies, which led to charges of resisting regulation enforcement, in accordance with the arrest data.
Federal hate crime charges carry a most 10-year jail sentence and a superb of as much as $250,000.
