Coward Arrested After Attack on Woman (LGBT Volunteer) and Then Released
Morris May White Says he is not a white nationalist because he is Chinese and a jew..., after attacking an LGBT volunteer without being attacked or in danger and I don't care what He does calls himself which it would be funny if it wasn't so sad at 22 yrs old, We got a name for this dude Chinese and jew or not: a"COWARD" He even picked a woman, not another guy. He says he is not a white supremacist and he might be right or not but if he is Chinese and a jew they would not accept him, instead they would clean his whistle and his family too; But he is so stupid he is on their side which is his choice but acting like them in attacking a gay person is not acceptable no matter what choices are.
A Scotch Plains man sporting a t shirt with a symbol often used by white supremacists was arrested Sunday night after witnesses say he attacked a woman with a chemical spray.
It is the latest display of bigotry in one of the most diverse communities in the state. Last week, racist and anti-Semitic leaflets attributed to a white supremacist group were posted on Cookman Avenue and Main Street.
The victim on Sunday was among a group of gay, lesbian and transgender volunteers and allies making signs on Ocean Avenue for a Labor Day rally against hate the next morning.
Witnesses say two young men approached the group and one of them “expressed his disgust and he said you all are taking away my rights as a white person,” said Christian Fuscarino, leader of the Garden State Equality civil rights group, which is one of 50 sponsors of the Monday morning rally.
Fuscarino, who did not witness the attack, said the man eventually took out a can of chemical spray and used it on one of the volunteers. The man fled the scene but was soon captured by city police, witnesses say.
Morris May White 22, is arrested by Asbury Park Police. He went after a woman LGBT Volunteer
A photo posted on Facebook shows the man being arrested. He is wearing a T-shirt with Pepe the Frog, a symbol used by white supremacists online. The T-shirt says, “For those about to MAGA, we salute you!” — a reference to Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” campaign sloga~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"The 22-year-old Scotch Plains man charged with aggravated assault after using pepper spray on an LGBT volunteer says he was defending himself and denies that he is a white supremacist.
“I’m half Chinese and also an ethnic Jew, so I cannot be a white supremacist even if I wanted to be,” Morris May White said in an interview with New Jersey 101.5 a day after his arrest.
Police say White got into a “confrontation” with a woman about 7:29 p.m. on Ocean Avenue and then used pepper spray on her. White was charged with aggravated assault and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose.
White says the woman never placed her hands on him and she was not charged with any crime.
Prosecutors have declined to charge White with a hate crime, saying Monday that the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office “Professional Responsibility and Bias Crimes Unit screened this and found that it did not rise to the level of a bias crime.”
Garden State Equality leader Christian Fuscarino said the woman, who identifies as non-binary gender, was among a group of volunteers creating signs for a Stand Against Hate rally planned for the next morning. The Labor Day rally, attended by hundreds of people, was organized in response to the deadly violence sparked by the Unite the Right rally last month in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Witnesses said White self-identified as a white nationalist and said he was wearing a T-shirt with Pepe the Frog, a symbol often used by white supremacists online, as well as a reference to Donald Trump’s campaign slogan. They said he instigated the confrontation.
White — who describes himself as “conservative but I’m not a nut job” — said he and his 20-year-old brother had gone to Asbury Park for the purpose of counter-demonstrating because “the stupidity and the ignorance of the left needed to be protested.”
He said they waved “Trump 2020” signs and he decided to speak to a group of four people making signs for the Stand Against Hate rally, which wasn’t taking place until the next morning.
White said he and his brother were called Nazis by the group, but “some of them were nice enough to ask us questions and we asked them questions.”
“Eventually, the short woman or man – whatever he or she identifies as — approached me and called me a Nazi and got in my personal space, so I backed up,” he said. “I don’t want to get into a physical confrontation. I felt like I was being threatened.”
White said that at that point he grabbed his can of pepper spray from his pocket and used it on the person he referred to as a “man/woman.” He said he then walked away from the scene.
“I didn’t want to get into a fight with any of these people,” he said.
“There’s nothing I like more than wholesome political debate. I know some people don’t feel the same way I do,” he added. “If they had told me to leave. I would have left. They didn’t ask me to leave.”
Giuseppe Grillo, who witnessed the incident, said Monday that White was the aggressor. He said White confronted him and four women outside a gallery where volunteers were creating rally signs. Two of the women were not volunteers, just curators of the art space, he said.
“He kept pushing buttons and insulting these bystanders,” Grillo said in a message to New Jersey 101.5. “We kept trying to tell him that we weren’t debating, that no one is even mentioning Trump, but Mr. White kept persisting. Even his brother who was visibly uncomfortable with Mr. White’s words, tone and insults, [told] him to ‘stop being a–hole. They’re trying to talk to you.'”
“When he then said ‘I hate you. I hate all of you,’ the victim made it clear that she wanted to leave but had to get past Mr. White. Mr. White began insulting her and she told him repeatedly ‘I’m not touching you. I’m not touching you. Get out of my face.’
“That’s when Mr. White pulled an object out of his pocket and sprayed her in the face” and ran away with his brother, he said. Grillo said he followed them as police were called.
The woman — identified in the Asbury Park Press as 34-year-old Allie Kolarik — said she was sprayed on her eyes, nose, and mouth. She told the Press that she tried to engage White in conversation and he sprayed her when she tried to leave.
Grillo said White calling the trans woman a “man/woman” on social media shows that this was a hate crime.
“This was a bunch of people painting signs saying ‘Peace and love,’ ‘Nazis not welcome’ and ‘no hate in our state’ in an art gallery. I’m curious to know what these two were doing driving an hour away to Asbury from Scotch Plains with pepper spray or Mace at the ready."
[Sergio Bichao is deputy digital editor at New Jersey 101.5. Send him news tips: Call 609-359-5348 or email sergio.bichao@townsquaremedia.com ]
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Police said Morris May White, 22, of Scotch Plains, was charged with aggravated assault and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose.
Sgt. Michael Casey, a spokesman for the police department, said police were called to 1100 Ocean Ave. about 7:29 p.m. He described the incident as a “confrontation” between the man and the person he pepper-sprayed.
Fuscarino said police helped the woman clean her eyes.
“After a few hours, she was back to normal. At least physically,” he said.
“I consider Asbury Park to be one of the few LGBT safe havens in New Jersey,” Fuscarino told New Jersey 101.5. “It’s extremely discouraging that an event like this took place. But I am confident that love and solidarity and understanding is always stronger than extremism and hate.”
The “Stand Against Hate Rally” was scheduled to start 10 a.m. at Springwood Avenue Park. It was organized in response to the deadly violence sparked by the Unite the Right rally last month in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Asbury Park rally is also supported by local officials, the local NAACP chapter, and a Black Lives Matter group.
Fuscarino said police “have been very helpful and going above and beyond to make sure everyone is safe in Asbury Park.”
Sergio Bichao is deputy digital editor at New Jersey 101.5. Send him news tips: Call 609-359-5348 or email sergio.bichao@townsquaremedia.com.
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