Posted on 07/06/2018 6:27:29 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
SAN ANTONIO - The San Antonio Police Department has received numerous calls from people demanding more severe charges be levied against a man at the center of a viral video at a Whataburger, a police spokesman said.
Kino Jimenez, 30, was arrested Thursday night on a charge of theft of person.
Jimenez is accused of launching an attack on a teenager at a Northeast Side Whataburger restaurant that was caught on camera.
According to an arrest warrant affidavit, police received several tips identifying Jimenez as the man in the video.
The affidavit said the owner of the hat who was splashed with soda is a 16-year-old boy.
The teen told investigators that Jimenez approached his table inside the Nacogdoches Road restaurant around 2 a.m. on July Fourth and asked why he was wearing the hat.
The teen replied that he was supporting the president, the affidavit said.
What happened next was caught on video, the report said.
After investigating, police took Jimenez into custody. On his way out of jail early Friday morning, he tried at first to avoid a KSAT 12 News camera.
Once the camera was turned off, he spoke briefly, saying what happened was a lapse in judgment that was out of character for him.
Jimenez said seeing the hat had the same effect on him that a Ku Klux Klan hood would have had.
He said since the video went viral, he and his family have been receiving threats.
Officer Carlos Ortiz, a police spokesman, said SAPD has heard from a number of people who believe Jimenez should have been charged with assault rather than theft.
A felony theft charge is unusual in a case like this, Ortiz said.
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Texas does not consider throwing a drink at someone assault? Is it okay in TX for an adult to assault a minor? That is a big no no in most states.
I admit I don’t know anything about TX law but it can get serious in most states if an adult assaults a minor. With no injuries it would likely be simple assault but adult against minor would be a new ball game.
Just simple assault unless they're related and/or share a household or a firearm was produced.
assaulting someone for their political speech should be a civil rights crime.
Hate crimes by their definition are very hard to prove because you have to actually prove the motivation of the perp.
Robbery, assault, aggravated robbery, aggravated assault have very cut and dried definitions that are easy to prove for overworked prosecutors.
But it lets TV hosts pound their table...
If this is the guy wearing MAGA hat then the assault was an attack on his freedom of political speech. The assailant grabbed the hat.
I am not alleging hate crime. I am alleging a civil rights violation.
“The teen told investigators that Jimenez approached his table inside the Nacogdoches Road restaurant around 2 a.m. on July Fourth and asked why he was wearing the hat.
The teen replied that he was supporting the president, the affidavit said.”
This is a HAT, I mean HATE Crime!
From what I’ve heard about San Antonio, I’m surprised they charged this guy at all.
Also heard that Houston and Austin are almost as bad.
Wish I could press a Like button.
You’re not in Texas
What a weak minded POS!
Exactly right!
You need to adjust your meds and or seek help or just put down the adult bevarge and go to sleep it off I will keep you in my prayers
Have you sobered up yet? Your reply to me got removed I cant even recall what it was now Im sure it was epic
I was sober when I started
Got tired of watching a bunch of supposedly rational
Conservatives run around gibbering like liberals do when speaking of gun control
Spouting absolute garbage they heard on tv with no basis in fact
Conservatives tell them to shut their mouths if they don’t know what they’re talking about
Maybe conservatives need to take that advice too
On another note you were babbling about hate crimes
I thought we as conservatives discounted those as crap charges
But it’s conveyor hammer about them now
This don’t even come. Lose to meeting the elements of a hate crime in Texas so once again. If you don’t know what you’re talking about. Don’t talk
Have a nice day. I hope you have plenty of shiny objects and drool wipes
I have checked the local news again and still can’t get a definitive answer on the charge
All they say is felony theft which as you say makes no sense
Robbery is probably it And the media just can’t get the concept
Right
I would like to think the DA wants to make an example here to prevent possible real problems down the road
Damn auto correct
Convenient not conveyo hammer
And “this don’t even come close”
Now you have really lost it talking to yourself seek help noobie
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