this day and age that one could be drawn to violently attack another based on the color of their skin. this is the agent in charge and i m asking that he be drug-tested. how in the world you can actually think that? it s scary. fred, let s get your thoughts on this. do you think the justice department made the right call or the wrong call? well, you know, i m in the middle. this guy barrett who is a defendant in this case, is he a terrible terrible guy. he bashes a 79-year-old african-american in the back of head. as far as i m concerned can, he can stay in prison so long that his final parole hearing is in front of star lee command. i have a bigger issue. we have had a ton of these knockout cases. part of your role as prosecutors and part of the role of the justice department is to send a message to the public that safe and that the justice department and the law applies to everyone. i think the justice department if they are going to prosecute this case, it s a terrible case and
really hard time with that. that he s scared and frightened. kyra. there s a lot involved here, right? the race issue, the fact that this is a federal case. all the details surrounding what happened and also this barrett guy. that s right, very complex, kyra. barrett is a 27-year-old caucasian male. the victim is a 79-year-old african-american male. race is on the table because according to the federal complaint, barrett attacked because of the man s race and color. there s also apparently video of the attack with barrett saying that the plan, quote, is to see if i were to hit a black person, would this be nationally televised? we have seen a lot of those so-called knockout cases in the last year. they have been reported in illinois, washington, and right here in new york. the justice department says there have been knockout incidents as far back as 1992, but this is the first time we re seeing a federal charge, at least in the latest string of knockouts and the defense is going to
this day and age that one could be drawn to violently attack another based on the color of their skin. this is the agent in charge and i m asking that he be drug-tested. how in the world you can actually think that? it s scary. fred, let s get your thoughts on this. do you think the justice department made the right call or the wrong call? well, you know, i m in the middle. this guy barrett who is a defendant in this case, is he a terrible terrible guy. he bashes a 79-year-old african-american in the back of head. as far as i m concerned can, he can stay in prison so long that his final parole hearing is in front of star lee command. i have a bigger issue. we have had a ton of these knockout cases. part of your role as prosecutors and part of the role of the justice department is to send a message to the public that safe and that the justice department and the law applies to everyone. i think the justice department if they are going to prosecute this case, it s a terrible case and