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10. DA: Man kicked Muslim woman at JFK airport, said 'Trump is here now'
Sat Jan 28, 2017, 06:13 PM
Jan 2017

I thought it was about this, at first...

DA: Man kicked Muslim woman at JFK airport, said 'Trump is here now', USA Today 1/27/17

Robin Rhodes, of Worcester, was charged with nine counts including multiple hate crimes for the incident, which occurred in the airport's Delta Sky Lounge ((on Wednesday)).

Brown said Rhodes, who had arrived from Aruba and was awaiting a flight to Massachusetts, approached the office door where a Delta employee was sitting and asked, "Are you (expletive) sleeping? Are you praying? What are you doing?"

Rhodes then punched the door, which hit the back of the woman's chair.

The woman, who was wearing a hijab, asked him what she did to him. Rhodes responded, "You did nothing but I am going to kick your (expletive) ass."

Prosecutors said Rhodes then kicked the woman in the shin. She then went to a corner of the office to get away from him. Rhodes kicked the door, made his way into the office and prevented the woman from leaving.

... Rhodes faces up to four years in prison and is being held on a $50,000 bond.

Much more:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/01/27/da-man-kicked-muslim-woman-jfk-airport-said-trump-here-now/97145286/

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