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‘I will kill you N—–s;’ Florida man charged with hate crime against Black family after threatening to kill them

‘I will kill you N—–s;’ Florida man charged with hate crime against Black family after threatening to kill them

A Florida man is being held without bond in  jail after he was arrested for pointing a gun at a Black family in traffic for no reason.

A Black mother, father, and their two kids under the age of 12, told Volusia County deputies on June 27, a someone fitting the description of Nicholas J. Gordon in a 4-door yellow hatchback pulled up to the family’s car and proceeded to harass them. According to CBS 12, the man got out of the passenger seat, pulled a gun on them, and threatened “I will kill you n—-s.” Three other people were in the vehicle with the suspect at the time of the incident. The family didn’t face any physical harm. They tried to drive away afriad for what could happen. Once the pursuing vehicle caught up to the family, “the driver stepped out of the car and yelled more obscenities at them before getting back in, turning around and fleeing,” according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office press release.

The victims then drove away from the intersection trying to get to safety, however, the suspect vehicle chased after them, and caught up with the family once more when they got stopped in traffic at the intersection of International Speedway Boulevard. The victims told deputies the driver stepped out of the car and yelled more obscenities at them before leaving the scene.

The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office identified Gordon’s vehicle with business surveillance videos, which show it following the victim’s car. The 21-year-old  was pulled over when officers spotted him not far from the  incident. Initially, he told officers that he hadn’t been in town and didn’t have any weapons in the vehicle, before eventually admitting that there was a gun in his lunchbox. Gordon assumed he was stopped because “that Black lady that brake-checked me, and then she started trying to follow me…”

Volusia County officers told him that he and his vehicle fit the exact description given by the victims who alleged of “a firearm being used in the vehicle.” After being shown surveillance video by detectives Gordon admit to his involvement. He  blamed the family for attempting to drive off after hitting his car and attempting to run. Gordon and his friends were chasing them “to try and exchange information,” however no reports of an accident were filed along with no visible damage to Gordon’s vehicle.

Gordon later admitted that “he knew (the victims) were African-American and he knew from past experiences African-Americans can be violent.” He also admitted that the family did “nothing” to him to make him feel threatened enough to draw a weapon, other than being Black.

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