Ashli Babbitt's brother accused of assaulting, hurling slurs at Latino road worker

[AZProgressive]

A brother of Ashli Babbitt, the woman who was fatally shot by an officer during the Capital riot, is accused of yelling racial slurs and assaulting a Latino traffic controller in San Diego.

Roger Stefan Witthoeft, Jr. was arraigned last week on charges of committing battery, with a hate crime enhancement, and violating the victim’s constitutional rights by threat of force, San Diego City Attorney Mara W. Elliott announced.

The San Diego Union-Tribune first reported the relation between Babbitt and Witthoeft, citing public records and a business lawsuit they were codefendants on. Witthoeft identified himself as Babbitt's brother to The New York Times last year.

The incident, which happened in September of last year, unfolded when Witthoeft was told by a San Diego Gas & Electric worker that he would need to take a detour.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna19567

[DURHAM D]

1. Lovely family.

[CurtEastPoint]

2. Wow. I just looked up 'enraged white racist' and here's bro...

[Brainfodder]

4. Cut the hair and he can be Jr's stand-in?

[Bristlecone]

7. Look up "Shitheel" in the dictionary and you will find that photo

Has loser written all over him.

[vercetti2021]

3. Well I guess the shit doesn't fall far from the asshole it came from

Sounds like a lovely family...

[oasis]

5. On to jail Mr. Dimwit, strait trip, no detours.

[Haggis 4 Breakfast]

6. How small of a person do you have to be

to take out your aggression on utility workmen ?

[EYESORE 9001]

8. It goes deeper than the worker's vocation

I doubt he’d be so incensed if the utility worker had a complexion that more closely matched his own.

[Haggis 4 Breakfast]

9. Racism is a cancer upon this earth.

I have never understood racism. Ever. How can anyone look at another person and judge the content of their character by the color of their skin ? How can one person think they know the heart of another by that ?

Maybe it's because my parents were not born here. Dad was Welsh and Mum's a Scot. As children, my siblings and I lived in an inner city setting. We had friends from everywhere. Our parents had friends of all shades of humanity. Racism never entered our house.

Because I am caucasian, I know that my skin color has provided me with privileges, but I never understood that until I entered the military and that was a jaw-dropping, eye popping experience. It was quickly explained to me. I didn't get it then and I still don't. I never will.

My father was a devout Catholic and told us that we were all god's children. As children, we all accepted that. No child is born a racist, they are taught that. We never were. This must sound naive or quaint or whatever, but even today, my siblings and I remain friends with kids we grew up with and their families in that inner city. I am grateful for that. I have never forgotten where I came from and I would never dishonor what my parents taught us -- god loves us all. Equally.

I'm tired. Goodnight.