White Journalist Dies Months After Racially Motivated Attack
Jerry Wolkowitz, a freelance journalist and EMT, died on Thursday months after he was attacked for being a “white man.”
Wolkowitz, 56, was attacked in New Jersey on May 1 by 26-year-old Jamil S. Hubbard.
Jerry Wolkowitz, who had been moved to a long-term care center in September, died Thursday, five months after the attack, the family said. https://t.co/H1L363q5C6
— Asbury Park Patch (@AsburyParkPatch) October 18, 2018
“[Wolkowitz] was punched in the head and then dragged into the parking lot before being run over by a Chevrolet Malibu. His blue Kia Forte was then stolen,” the Asbury Park Press reported. . .
Hubbard was originally charged with attempted murder, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and bias intimidation, and a grand jury later added armed robbery, eluding and theft.
Man charged in racial beating is mentally competent to stand trial, judge says https://t.co/I1whj0f2Pk (via @AsburyParkPress)
RIP Jerry Wolkowitz
— Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) October 18, 2018
Assistant Monmouth County Prosecutor Keri-Leigh Schaefer said Hubbard chose his victim because “he was a white man” and wanted to kill him because of his race. (Read more from “White Journalist Dies Months After Racially Motivated Attack” HERE)
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