NBC News reports:
On Sept. 22, a worker came to install internet in the Eau Claire apartment upstairs from Shannon Pearson. Pearson, 48, who admitted to drinking alcohol earlier that day, told officers he “was upset because the upstairs occupants were in the country illegally” and “should not be able to get cable.” The internet installer claimed Pearson “had come outside and was saying racist things” and that he cut the cable.
According to the complaint, when confronted with the cable installer’s statement, Pearson said, “I just don’t feel that they deserve cable. I’m sorry, I don’t. They’re illegal aliens.” Pearson was arrested and charged with felony criminal damage to property and obstructing an officer. The criminal damage charge was upgraded to a felony because it is classified as a hate crime.
Read the full article. The neighbors are here legally.
A Wisconsin man has been charged with a hate crime after allegedly cutting his neighbors’ internet cable because he thought they were in the country illegally and didn’t deserve cable. https://t.co/mKMBV3LsFU
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 22, 2022