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Man Charged With Hate Crime For Saying He Hates White People, Stabbing A White ManA 45-year-old man faces several charges, including a felony hate crime charge, for stabbing and attempting to rob a man on a Loop bridge late Sunday night, police said.Police said only that Leroy Willis of Roseland face a felony hate crime charge for "[uttering] aderogatory racial statement" during an attempted robbery on the Washington Street Bridge. However, his victim, a 49-year-old white man, gave the Tribune a bit more detail, reporting that his attacker said "I hate 'expletive' white people. Give me your wallet." (We believe the expletive was "<snipped>.")Willis has also been charged with a felony count of aggravated battery and aggravated attempted robbery, police said. He was found and charged promptly because his victim—high-rise security guard Todd Light, the Sun-Times reports—ended up detaining his attacker until police arrived.
