FOX Chicago
Updated: Monday, 23 Apr 2012, 9:42 AM CDT
Published : Friday, 20 Apr 2012, 3:40 PM CDT
Sun-Times Media Wire
Maywood, Ill. – Alton L. Hayes III, a west suburban man charged with a hate crime, told police he was so upset about the Trayvon Martin case in Florida that he beat up a white man early Tuesday.
Hayes and a 15-year-old Chicago boy walked up behind the 19-year-old man victim and pinned his arms to his side, police said. Hayes, 18, then picked up a large tree branch, pointed it at the man and said, “Empty your pockets, white boy.”
