Posted on April 1, 2021

Freehold Hate Crime Case Video: Accused Targeted ‘Old White Man’ 

Erin Vogt, New Jersey 101.5, March 30, 2021

A Black man accused of brutally attacking a white man outside his apartment complex, leading to his death months later, has said that nothing provoked the beating other than race.

A Monmouth County Superior County judge on Monday watched a videotaped police interview with Jamil S. Hubbard, which appeared to show a lack of emotion in the hours after he beat unconscious Jerry Wolkowitz into a vegetative state that he never woke from {snip}

Jamil Hubbard

Jamil Hubbard

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When asked about a potential motive for the confrontation, Hubbard only referenced Wolkowitz’s physical appearance.

“White,’’ Hubbard said in the video, adding, “Old white man. Nothing.’’

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