Tracy Robert Blackwell, an older white male, was arrested after a video displaying him in a bigoted match of street rage flooded the web.
The clip captured the 61-year-old hurling the N-word at one other driver on southbound I-880 close to Hegenberger Highway in Oakland earlier than he tried to “deliberately ram the sufferer’s automobile,” in accordance with a press release from California Freeway Patrol.
Officers from the California Freeway Patrol turned conversant in the crime after viewing the video on an Instagram put up on Wednesday, Could 17. The video was filmed by the sufferer of the verbal assault.
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Blackwell could be heard on the now-viral video shouting out of his window, “F**ok you n****r… F*****g n****r.” One of many frightened victims could be heard saying, “Name the police.”
In a press release relating to the arrest, the CHP stated, “At one level in the course of the video, it appeared the driving force tried to deliberately ram the sufferer’s automobile earlier than shedding management and crashing right into a wall on the correct shoulder of the freeway.”
One individual on social media stated the crash was “instantaneous karma” for his nasty perspective and counted his use of the N-word six instances.
The police have been additionally capable of decide the incident occurred on Tuesday, Could 16 round 4 p.m., and recognized Blackwell after additional investigation.
They picked the person up in Newark, California, round midday on Friday, Could 19, and charged him with assault with a lethal weapon, with hate crime enhancements. He was then booked into Alameda County’s Santa Rita Jail, KTVU reviews.
Blackwell has been in hassle with the regulation earlier than. He’s a convicted intercourse offender with a legal historical past of drug use and housebreaking, in accordance with the California Megan’s Legislation database.
He was arrested in December 2000 for allegedly stalking a 19-year-old girl and making “obscene telephone calls” to her home, in accordance with reviews. Throughout a probe into this accusation, police searched his dwelling and located videotapes of Blackwell committing youngster sexual abuse.
This discovery led to his 2001 conviction, the place he was discovered responsible of performing lewd and lascivious acts with a baby underneath the age of 14. He spent eight years in jail, in accordance with SFGate.com.
The Alameda County Sheriff’s Workplace additionally confirmed Blackwell is a registered intercourse offender in California, in accordance with KRON 4.
Blackwell is scheduled to be arraigned on Tuesday and has bail at the moment set at $80,000.
