written he identified himself, used racial slurs and tried to victimize a black man in this fashion. doj further alleges on november 24, in the town of katy, barrett made the account of fracturing the jaw of the man in two places. maybe those from the reports of national hate crime is not there. but i do believe this would be an accident test case. reporter: suspected crimes of this nature will simply not be tolerated said a u.s. attorney in the southern district of texas thursday. adding that evidence of hate crimes will be vigorously prosecuted and investigated to all the law. in many of the cases, the perpetrators were black, the victims white and in newark city, jewish. analysts believe those cases show intent on the parts of the victims to single hate or
crimes are a separate crime. which again raises some questions about the constitutionality, about the equal protection clause. barrett s attorney says he s sorry. he will not await trial and if convicted face a $250,000 fine and up to ten years in prison. i spoke to attorneys from both sides. the defense attorney is going to argue that his client has a mental disorder, is bipolar and was not on medication the day of the attack. i spoke to the victim s attorney. he said while the victim is recovering, it s going to take a long time for the victim to recovery emotionally. margaret conley for us. thank you. still to come on new day, a bleak reality for people who just can t get work. jobless benefits are being cut. those suffering the most are being hit the hardest. plus, a sonic boom and a streak of light over iowa. what was this massive fireball? we ve got an answer. as you shoot across the sky you re a fire work
haven t experienced the blessing of evolution. the man suffered a jaw fracture and was in the hospital for several days. barrett s attorney blames he was bipolar but off the meds before the attack. later he went to this bar and showed the video to people, one of them an off-duty police officer. a strange of cases over the last year has guarded more national attention with video that has gone viral, from states from washington, to new york. the purpose of the game is to knock people out cold with a single punch. the barrett case is to re-exam hate crimes. state law enhances hate crimes. in other words, your sentence is enhanced if it is proved that you committed a hate crime, however that is defined in a particular state. but under federal law, hate
federal government for levee failure. a houston judge denying bail for a white man accused of a federal hate krierths conrad barrett is charged with sucker punking an elderly black man in a so-called knock outgame attack. the arrest raising concerns, though, about a possible double standard. chief washington correspondent james rosen has this report. at least 25 times in the last two years, cowardly urban thugs have snuck up on innocent victims, knocked them unconscious with a single blow. for the first time, the knockout game has seen a suspect charged by federal, not local authorities and for the first time under a hate time statute. the justice department said 27-year-old conrat barrett made several videos on his cell phone
prosecutors say conrad barrett s vicious attack was overly motivated. and man planned the attack and said knockout as the man went to the ground. margaret conley has more. reporter: deb and victor in a case involving a brutal attack in one of these so-called knockout games, a federal judge in houston has denied bail to the alleged attacker. 27-year-old conrat barrett has been charged with a hate crime for knocking out a 79-year-old african-american man. a houston judge said that the crime was vicious. and barrett, quote, stalked his victim. there is strong evidence that he committed his offense. it is a hate crime. barrett attacked because of the man s race and color and he made a video attack where he allegedly said, quote, the man is to see if i hit a black person would this be nationally televised. in a separate one, barrett uses the n word saying americans