SC man shouts "Keep running, boy" and fires rifle at jogging black man. held on $1M bail

[Demovictory9]

video of the shooting on youtube below about 1:06 on the video

https://www.theroot.com/sc-white-man-allegedly-shoots-at-black-jogger-and-then-2000053307

On July 17, a Black man was jogging in Richland County when he was approached by an unknown vehicle around 6 a.m. Surveillance footage captured Jonathan Felkel, a white man, sitting in the driver’s seat of the dark-colored car, according to S.C. Public Radio. That’s when he allegedly grabbed a rifle from his passenger’s seat and fired one shot at the Black man jogging by.

Police say Felkel then put his car in drive while shouting “Keep running, boy” at the victim. The man was not physically harmed during the incident. Police also noted the victim and Felkel live in the same neighborhood but do not know each other. “I was going to shoot at him. I was,” Felkel later told investigators. “I was going to shoot at him.”

During his interview, Felkel allegedly referenced his intent to terrorize the victim. This coupled with other evidence led police to arrest and charge the 33-year-old with assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, possession of a weapon during a violence crime and hate intimidation under the Richland County hate crime ordinance, according to Richland County court records.

Felkel is the first man to be charged with hate intimidation in Richland County, according to WIS10. The local hate crime legislation was passed in June as part of ongoing efforts to protect minority groups and hold residents accountable. Despite local efforts in Richland County, South Carolina remains one of only two states without a state-wide hate crime bill.

[Skittles]

1. the very idea this gun humping POS thinks he's better than ANYONE

[BOSSHOG]

2. So that's what the second amendment is all about.

[raccoon]

8. Yep, that's what it was always all about.

[hatrack]

3. Wow, dude's got "Master Race" spray-painted all over him!!

Christ on a cracker, what a chicken-fried dumbass.

[DET]

4. Why Not Attempted Murder?

Outrageous. The shooter and the victim live in the same neighborhood. I would never feel safe again if this guy was out and about.

[Deuxcents]

5. What a flaming racist moron. 500$ and/or 30 days in jail is not enough punishment for this crime.

[flvegan]

6. This toothbrush thinks he's the "master race" eh? lol n/t

[IzzaNuDay]

7. So Carolina still hasn't learned after the Charleston 9

Ten years later, some white folks think it’s still A-OK to harass non-white folks. Cheeto kind of helped that along. But Charleston 9 should have been a wake up call. What am I missing?

[Emile]

9. Just happened to have a loaded rifle on the front passenger side of his car. WTF

What a sick sob.

[malaise]

10. Slobby's Amurdica

Racist to the core