{"id":159960,"date":"2021-06-20T13:13:51","date_gmt":"2021-06-20T17:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=159960"},"modified":"2021-06-20T13:13:51","modified_gmt":"2021-06-20T17:13:51","slug":"colorado-man-admits-to-federal-hate-crime-for-stabbing-a-man-in-the-neck-at-an-arbys-because-he-was-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/colorado-man-admits-to-federal-hate-crime-for-stabbing-a-man-in-the-neck-at-an-arbys-because-he-was-black\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado man admits to federal hate crime for stabbing a man in the neck at an Arby’s ‘because he was Black’"},"content":{"rendered":"
A Colorado man pleaded guilty today to a federal hate crime for stabbing a Black man from Ontario, Oregon while the man was sitting in a fast-food restaurant.<\/p>\n
Nolan Levi Strauss, 27, pleaded guilty to a hate crime involving an attempt to kill.<\/p>\n
According to court documents, on the morning of Dec. 21, 2019, a man walked into an Arby\u2019s restaurant and adjoining Pilot Travel Center in Ontario where he planned to provide documentation for a pending job application. The man sat in a booth by himself, waiting to meet with the restaurant manager, when Strauss entered the building and approached the man from behind.<\/p>\n
Suddenly, unprovoked and without warning, Strauss stabbed the man twice in the neck. The man tried to grab Strauss\u2019s hands and take the knife, and, in the process, managed to prevent Strauss from stabbing him again. A maintenance worker approached Strauss and directed him to drop the knife several times. Finally, the stabbing victim broke free from Strauss\u2019s grip and ran to the other side of the restaurant before collapsing on the floor. Meanwhile, the maintenance worker used a belt to secure Strauss\u2019s hands behind his back and waited for police to arrive.<\/p>\n
While they waited, the worker asked Strauss why he stabbed the man. Strauss replied, \u201cBecause he was Black, and I don\u2019t like Black people.\u201d<\/p>\n