A Michigan man was arrested for attacking a black female postal worker after receiving political ads in the mail.
61-year-old Russell Frank Valleau of Detroit was charged with assault and ethnic intimidation, the latter of which carries a maximum penalty of two years in prison.
Valleau was reportedly arrested the previous evening after hurling racial abuse at a US Postal Service mail carrier and “lunging” at her with a blade, forcing her to fend him off with her service-issued pepper spray.
On Friday police responded to a 911 call about a mail carrier being assaulted by a drunk man carrying a knife in the northwest area of Detroit around 5 p.m On Friday, authorities were alerted to a distressing incident in the northwest area of Detroit.
A 911 call reported an assault on a mail carrier by an intoxicated individual wielding a knife.
The incident occurred at approximately 5 p.m., prompting a swift response from the police. .
The man was apparently upset about receiving Kamala Harris flyers.
According to lawandcrime.com
Upon arrival officers spoke to the female mail carrier upon who reported that an intoxicated male approached her vehicle because he was upset that she delivered political campaign ads for Vice President Kamala Harris. “The agitated suspect was shouting racist, sexual and derogatory remarks about both the Vice President and the mail carrier.”
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