Justice Department charges Texas man with hate crime over ‘knockout game’

By Sean Lengell

Published December 26, 2013 5:00am ET

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Justice Department charges Texas man with hate crime over ‘knockout game’ — "Suspected crimes of this nature will simply not be tolerated," said U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern District of Texas. (AP File/The Houston Chronicle, Julio Cortez) | Julio Cortez

Federal authorities have charged a Texas man with a hate crime after prosecutors say he took part in a so called “knockout game” that involves random attacks on pedestrians.

The Justice Department says Conrad Alvin Barrett, 27, of Katy, Texas, attacked a 79-year-old black man Nov. 24 because of the man’s race and color in what Barrett called a “knockout.”

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