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White Newport man charged with ethnic intimidation, assault after Black teen seriously injured in attack
Read full article: White Newport man charged with ethnic intimidation, assault after Black teen seriously injured in attackMONROE, Mich. Protesters are demanding answers after a Black teen was severely assaulted on Saturday evening at Sterling State Park. READ: White Newport man charged with assaulting Black teen in racially motivated crime in Monroe CountyDemonstrators gathered at St. Marys Park in Monroe on Monday afternoon to stand in solidarity with the teen. Devin Freelon, an 18-year-old senior at Orchard Center High School was attacked in what police are calling a racially-motivated crime. But like many other Black people in this country thats not what he has to worry about.A 42-year-old White man from Newport is accused of verbally attacking Freelon and his friends before hitting the teen in the face with a weapon. Lee James Mouat Jr. was charged Monday with assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder, assault with a dangerous weapon and ethnic intimidation.