US EditionFlorida Rep. Maxwell Frost assaulted at Sundance Film Festival event, police say
Christian Joel Young, 28, was arrested on multiple assault and aggravated burglary charges with hate-crime enhancements after punching Rep. Maxwell Frost at a Sundance Film Festival party.
- On Friday night, Florida Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost said he was punched at a private Creative Artists Agency party at High West Saloon in Park City, adding, `He was heard screaming racist remarks as he drunkenly ran off. The individual was arrested and I am okay.`
- Park City police say Christian Joel Young, 28, was denied entry and hopped a security fence to enter the invitation-only CAA party.
- Witnesses said the suspect shouted racial remarks, declared pride in being white, assaulted Frost and a woman by pushing her and punching a non-white guest.
- Young was arrested and booked into Summit County Jail on aggravated burglary, assaulting an elected official and assault charges; prosecutors are screening for hate-crime enhancements and Capitol Police have joined the investigation.
- Democratic House leader Hakeem Jeffries wrote `The perpetrator must be aggressively prosecuted`, while Sundance Film Festival condemned the assault during its final Park City edition.
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Man Arrested for Alleged ‘Racist’ Assault on Rep. Maxwell Frost
Alexandra Rodriguez/APA man was arrested over the weekend after allegedly punching Rep. Maxwell Frost in the face at a Sundance Film Festival party in Park City, Utah.The Florida Democrat said the attack, which reportedly took place at a late-night event hosted by the Creative Artists Agency (CAA), was racially motivated.“I was assaulted by a man at Sundance Festival who told me that Trump was going to deport me before he punched me in the face,…
Utah Police arrested a man who allegedly shouted that Representative Maxwell Frost would be deported before beating him in the face at a Sundance Film Festival event, said the Florida Democrat. Park City Police Department reported that the suspect, Christian Young, entered the private event after he had previously been rejected and assaulted the congressman and a woman attending the event. The department indicated that Young was arrested and imp…
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