Man found guilty of hate crimes for taunting woman over her Puerto Rico flag T-shirt

[Judi Lynn]

The jury, which appeared to be all white, deliberated for about 3 1/2 hours before reaching the verdicts against Timothy Trybus.

By Stefano Esposito and Jake Wittich Sep 25, 2019, 4:20pm CDT

A Chicago man who spewed racist words at a woman in a Cook County forest preserve last year was found guilty of two counts of a felony hate crime Wednesday.

The jury, which appeared to be all white, deliberated for about 3 1/2 hours before reaching the verdicts.

As the verdicts were read in the Skokie courthouse, the defendant, Timothy Trybus, removed his glasses, covered his face with his hands and sobbed. He was then taken into custody.

At one point during deliberations, jurors told Cook County Circuit Court Judge Aleksandra Nikolic Gillespie that there had been a disagreement over whether Trybus’ actions against Mia Irizarry amounted to a hate crime. The judge told them to continue to deliberate and about a half hour later, they reached their decision.

More:
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2019/9/25/20884221/man-guilty-hate-crimes-taunting-woman-puerto-rico-flag-t-shirt-timothy-trybus

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1. My god, according to the article, he went offf on her for 36 minutes. And poor, poor Mr. Trybus!

He certainly haz a sad, sobbing in court like the cowardly bully he is when faced by the consequences of his vile actions. Maybe POtuS will issue a pardon then give him the Medal of Freedom if he's still infesting the White House after impeachment.

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2. What a disgusting criminal creep