CNN is reporting that a 42-year old man had acid thrown into his face during an altercation over a parking spot. The man, originally from Peru, has lived in the United States for 19 years and is a US citizen. Few details are available on the identity of the attacker other than he is 61 years old, but I think we can probably guess what color hat (or hood) he has in his closet. This is being investigated as a hate crime.
Milwaukee police say they arrested a 61-year-old man in connection with the attack against Mahud Villalaz that caused second-degree burns. Charges will be brought forward to the District Attorney's Office in the next couple of days, Milwaukee Police Public Information Officer Sgt. Sheronda Grant confirmed to CNN.
The attack occurred after the two men got into an argument Friday night, and the suspect threw acid on Villalaz, the police department said.
One question law enforcement should be asking if they haven’t already is why this guy just happened to have acid ready to hand to thrown on someone.
More on the story:
A US citizen says he had acid thrown in his face after being told to go back to his country
Edit: Took quotes out of title because apparently either this violates some tenet of DKos titling or we have a pedant on the loose. Whatevs. Pedants gonna pedant.
Second Edit: Sweet everlovin’ Jesus, folks, knock it off with the bloody pedantry and focus on the fucking diary contents! Ok, it was a fucking typo! Tenet, not tenant, I get it! Now how about worrying about an innocent man that took a face full of acid instead of my spelling and grammar, huh?
Christ.