Alleged attacker faces hate crime charges
The man charged with assaulting Miami Dolphins defensive end Jason Taylor faces hate crime charges, police in Davie, Fla., said Monday.
Redmond Charles Burns, 24, allegedly used racial epithets and yelled obscenities at Taylor, who is black, during an alleged highway confrontation Sunday night.
Taylor told police that Burns grabbed his shirt, ripping it in several places, and he suffered a “minor laceration” on a forearm from a metal object Burns allegedly used to attack him.
“My wife and I were the victims in an unfortunate incident last night, but we are both fine,” Taylor, 31, said in a statement released by Miami.
Burns, who is white, faces charges of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, which police have also classified as a hate crime that would permit tougher penalties. Burns also is charged with obstruction for allegedly resisting arrest after Taylor identified him from a photo array.
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