Monday's incident occurs just weeks after President Donald Trump made racist admonitions to four Democratic members of Congress.
A 58-year-old man from Barre, Vermont, is facing state hate crime charges for allegedly exposing himself to a Hispanic family and their young child.
Rollins pleaded not guilty in Washington County Superior Criminal Court on charges that included a felony count of lewd and lascivious conduct in addition to several misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct. He also entered the same plea for charges of mischief and criminal threatening. A pair of the misdemeanor charges included hate crime enhancements.
Police tracked down Rollins at his home the following day and arrested him. If convicted, he could face more than a decade in prison.Monday's incident occurs just weeks after President Donald Trump made racist admonitions to four Democratic members of Congress, all who are women of color, telling them via tweet to"go back" to their countries of origin, despite them all being U.S. citizens and three of them having been born in the United States.
At this point, there has been no evidence revealed showing a direct connection between Trump's comments and the insult delivered by Rollins, despite their apparent similarity., a neighbor told the police that while Rollins was wandering about he was"saying things about Mexicans." Other witnesses said he appeared drunk before he headed back to his residence.
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