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Tonya
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Post Number: 7417
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Man Blamed Wife's Affair During Racial Rant After Attack
"I see this car coming straight toward me and he didn't hit his brakes or anything," 25-year-old victim Nekedia Cato told Eyewitness News as she recovered from her injuries Tuesday.
"He sideswiped a tree right over here and then that's when he lost it and, when he lost it, he went into a roll, took out the porch on a house here and then rolled about four times and landed about a half-block up," said eyewitness Mike Brotherton.
According to the Daytona Beach Police Department, after crashing the vehicle, 56-year-old Thomas Darryl Cosby shouted racial slurs accusing the victim of sleeping with his wife and girlfriend. Cosby was restrained by witnesses until law enforcement arrived.
Investigators believe Cosby wanted revenge because his wife had an affair with a black man.
"He was screaming out 'Help me, I have to kill these black people. Help me kill these black people,' because one black man slept with his wife," Cato said. "Just tell him, I forgive him. I don't hate you for what you did. Maybe you were going through something in your mind, something that triggered you."
Cosby, who sustained minor lacerations to his arm and refused medical treatment, was being held in the Volusia County jail on $60,000 bond and is being mentally evaluated. He was charged with aggravated battery and simple battery and both were also designated hate crimes. The hate crime designation means the potential for a longer jail sentence.
"Please stop hating people. It's not right. It's not right at all," Cato said.
Cato sustaining an open fracture to her lower, right leg and additional internal injuries, but she's expected to fully recover. Because she blacked out after being hit, Cato didn't find out the suspect was facing hate crime charges until she saw a police report Tuesday morning.
Police: Black Woman Hit By Car Targeted
Cato Sent To Hospital
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A woman riding her bike in Daytona Beach Monday night was hit by car driven by a man targeting African Americans, police said.
Police believe Nekedia Cato, a 25-year-old African American woman, was hit by Thomas Cosby, of Port Orange.
Police said Cosby, 56, slammed into Cato, took out a nearby porch, hit a tree and then rolled three times.
"He just hit me because I was black," Cato said.
Cato was riding her bike home from the store on South Atlantic Avenue.
"I actually saw him coming toward me. I tried to move my bike as fast as I [could], but it wasn’t quick enough. He came straight for me," Cato said.
Police reported that after Cosby crashed, he got out of his car, screaming racist remarks. Cosby repeatedly used the N-word and shouted he wanted to kill black people, authorities said.
"He was screaming out he had to kill all black people because one slept with his wife," Cato said.
Cato recently moved to the Daytona Beach area with her boyfriend, D.
"If he could target me just because of the color of my skin, he could target anybody else," Cato said.
Cato suffered several broken bones, a broken leg and other injuries. Her leg injury was so severe doctors inserted a metal rod into her leg. Cato could be hospitalized for weeks.
"I'm kind of scared walking down the street because I don't know if people hate me," Cato said.
Cato just started a new job, but could lose it due to prolonged time in the hospital.
"I don't have hate in my heart, you know, I just don't have hate in my heart," Cato said.
Cosby is charged with aggravated battery and simple battery under the state's hate crime laws. More severe penalties will follow if Cosby is convicted.
Florida's hate crime laws went into effect in 1989, including crimes committed not only due to race, but due to religion, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, or age if over 65 years old.
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Tonya
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Post Number: 7418
Registered: 07-2006
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(Thomas Crosby the offender:
way yuck)
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Chrishayden
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Post Number: 7186
Registered: 03-2004
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Investigators believe Cosby wanted revenge because his wife had an affair with a black man.
(I wonder how he'll feel if Obama is elected President, hmmm?
Negroes, I hope your insurance is all paid up) |
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