The racist frenzy turned the neighborhood against him

Dozens protesters They flooded a house in New Jersey on Monday, with its owner videotaped firing a racist grenade at his neighbor.

45-year-old Edward Cagney Mathews even left his home to respond to the crowd of about 100 people who had gathered outside his house, before he was put back in police.

When police escorted him to a car to remove him from the scene, people threw bottles of water at him.

The racist frenzy turned the neighborhood against him

The local police department said people gathered outside their homes in a peaceful mood. Police already had in their hands the allegations of the family living next to Mathews, many reports of their continued harassment by the white neighbor their.

His racist behavior has been recorded on video, when he approaches his African-American neighbor and tells him “learn the laws. “This is not Africa or where you come from.”

“I was born in America,” he replies, “and I do not pay a penny for you.” Mathews then bathed him in racist insults, calling him even a “monkey”.

Neighbors tell television stations that the 45-year-old’s racist frenzy has been going on for months. Still others say he has a history of harassing non-white neighbors.

The local police described his behavior as “completely unacceptable” and he has already been charged. Corresponding statements were made by the mayor and the city council.

Mathews himself claimed on NBC10 that he was not a racist: “I have never been racist. I have made mistakes, I have said racist things about my anger or drunkenness. I can not connect with colored communities, but I am not a racist “…

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