A black man in Colorado yelled “black lives matter” while stabbing a white man, according to charging documents.
Steve Sinclair, 30, faces first-degree attempted murder and hate crime charges.
When an officer arrived, Sinclair approached him with blood on him while saying “black lives matter.”
Sinclair refused to obey requests to sit on the curb before admitting that he stabbed another man, the officer said.
During the conversation, the suspect repeatedly asked the officer if he believed black lives mattered.
Sinclair asked the officer and another who had just arrived to shoot him and use a stun gun on him, according to the affidavit.
The victim, who was not named, told police that Sinclair shouted “black lives matter” before stabbing him. The victim was being treated at the hospital for injuries including a collapsed lung.
Sinclair was ultimately arrested without incident.
The man has a 5-month-old child and cannot work for the next 6 weeks because of the injuries he suffered, the organizer stated.
