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22nd November 2015, 01:06 PM
Video of Katy man's knockout game against elderly victim released Author: Jace Larson (http://www.click2houston.com/Investigative-Reporter/22798314), Investigative Reporter, jlarson@click2houston.com
Jennifer Bauer (http://www.click2houston.com/Reporter/2830140), Reporter, jbauer@kprc.com
Published On: Nov 20 2015 05:50:49 PM CST Updated On: Nov 20 2015 10:38:01 PM CST
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Daughter of "knockout game" victim speaks out
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CHANNEL 2 NEWS AT 10:00! RIGHT NOW AT 10:00, A HATE CRIME CAUGHT ON COUNCILOR. KNOCK OUT. [LAUGHTER] CH KNOCK OUT, BABY. AN 80-YEAR-OLD MAN, THE VICTIM AFTER CRUEL BECAME. HE'S KIND OF LIKE STILL KIND OF AFRAID. HE'S ALWAYS WATCHING EVERYTHING. TONIGHT WE'RE HEARING FROM THE VICTIM'S DAUGHTER. HELLO, I'M DOMINIQUE SACHSE. I'M BILL BALLEZA. THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. WE FIRST SHOWED YOU THIS DISTURBING VIDEO DURING OUR NEWS AT 6:00. AND EVEN THOUGH THE ATTACK HAPPENED NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO, THE VICTIM IS STILL FEELING THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF THAT VICIOUS PUNCH. CHANNEL 2'S JENNIFER BAUER LIVE IN KATY TONIGHT WITH REACTION FROM THE MAN'S DAUGHTER. JEN? Reporter: YOU KNOW, THAT VIDEO IS VERY DISTURBING AND VERY UPSETTING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WATCH IT, ESPECIALLY THAT MAN'S FAMILY. THE VIDEO IS HARD TO WATCH. A KATY MAN HAD HIS CELL PHONE RECORDING WHILE HE PLOTTED AND ATTACKED ON A BLACK MAN. LISTEN. THE MAN IS TO SEE IF I WERE TO HIT A BLACK PERSON, WOULD THIS BE NATIONALLY TELEVISED. Reporter: A FEW SECONDS LATER, HE SPOTTED SOMEONE AND PULLED THE CAR OVER. HOW ARE YOU DOING? YEAH? HUH? KNOCKOUT. [LAUGHTER] Reporter: ON THE GROUND, ROY COLEMAN. AT THE TIME HE WAS 79. HE WAS PUNCHED IN THE FACE. I WAS TOTALLY DEVASTATED. IT JUST -- IT JUST BROKE MY HEART. Reporter: HIS DAUGHTER DONNY IS SPEAKING OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HER FATHER'S ATTACK. IT HAPPENED TWO YEARS AGO AND THE MAN WHO PUNCHED HER FATHER IS NOW IN PRISON. CONRAD BARRETT WHO IS 29 IS SERVING A SIX-YEAR SENTENCE. THIS VIDEO OF THE ATTACK WAS JUST RELEASED. IT AFFECTED HIS SPEECH REALLY BAD. Reporter: McNEIL SAYS HER FATHER'S JAW WAS BROKEN AND HE WAS IF IICALLY HURT IN THE ATTACK. BUT HIS EMOTIONAL STATE IS WHAT SHE WORRIES ABOUT MOST. IT BROUGHT BACK PAINFUL MEMORIES OF RACISM HE ENDURED AS A CHILD. HE'S 81. SO YOU KNOW IT GOES WAY BACK, AND YOU KNOW, EMOTIONALLY HE'S JUST LIKE -- I THINK HE'S KIND OF LIKE BROKEN. Reporter: McNEIL SAYS THIS VIDEO MAKES HER ANGRY. BUT SHE DECIDED TO FORGIVE BARRETT AND HER HEARS GOES OUT TO -- HEART GOES OUT ON TO HIS PARENTS. THEY'RE HURTING BECAUSE THEY LOST THEIR SON. I'M HURTING BECAUSE HE INJURED MY FATHER AND I'VE LOST HALF OF MY DAD. Reporter: AND DONNA TELLS UZ THAT HER FATHER IS NO LONGER ABLE TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY. HE NOW LIVES WITH HER AND SHE TAKES CARE OF HIM. SHE SAYS HE HASN'T BEEN THE SAME
HOUSTON - Cellphone video of a man attacking an elderly man two years ago, as part of the "knockout game," shows the attacker narrating his crime and repeatedly laughing.
(Warning: the video is graphic.) (http://www.click2houston.com/news/knockout-game-video-of-katy-mans-attack-on-elderly-victim/36578036)
Conrad Alvin Barrett, 29, recorded himself on his cellphone attacking 79-year-old Roy Coleman, who is African-American. In the recording, Barrett questions whether there would be national attention if he attacked a person of color.
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Barrett also claimed he would not hit "defenseless people" just moments before punching the elderly man in the face and with such force that Coleman fell to the ground.
Barrett then laughed and said "knockout" as he ran to his vehicle and drove away. Coleman suffered two jaw fractures and was hospitalized for several days as a result of the attack.
Barrett pleaded guilty to a hate crime, saying he attacked Coleman because of his race and color in what Barrett called a "knockout." Barrett is serving a 71 month prison sentence. (http://www.click2houston.com/news/katy-man-sentenced-to-71-months-in-prison-for-hate-crime-involving-knockout-game/35883258)
"The Department of Justice is happy that we were able to get this guy off the street, because he was out there to hurt people," federal prosecutor Ruben Perez said Friday afternoon.
Perez said he believes the public will find the video shocking.
"I hope the public would realize what this man did. It's the callousness the egregious behavior that he, that this man exhibited against this elderly, defenseless man," Perez said.
The following agencies investigated and prosecuted the case: the FBI, Fulshear and Katy Police Departments, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Fort Bend County District Attorney's Office. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Perez and Joe Magliolo prosecuted the case.
"When I first saw the video, I was devastated," said Donna McNeal, Colman's daughter. "It broke my heart to see someone hit my father."
McNeal told KPRC her father was physically hurt in the attack. His jaw was broken and he now has difficulty speaking. But it's his emotional state she worries about most. The incident brought back very painful memories of racism he endures as a child.
"He's 81," McNeal said. "It goes way back emotionally. I think he's broken."
Coleman is no longer able to live on his own. McNeal takes care of him.
She said as angry as she is about the attack, she has chosen to forgive Barrett and her heart goes out to his parents.
She said they saw each other in the courtroom but have never spoken.
"I don't hold any hard feelings for that young man," she said. "My heart goes out to his parents because they are hurting just like we are. They're hurting because they've lost a son and I'm hurting because I've lost half of my dad."
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Daughter of "knockout game" victim speaks out
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CHANNEL 2 NEWS AT 10:00! RIGHT NOW AT 10:00, A HATE CRIME CAUGHT ON COUNCILOR. KNOCK OUT. [LAUGHTER] CH KNOCK OUT, BABY. AN 80-YEAR-OLD MAN, THE VICTIM AFTER CRUEL BECAME. HE'S KIND OF LIKE STILL KIND OF AFRAID. HE'S ALWAYS WATCHING EVERYTHING. TONIGHT WE'RE HEARING FROM THE VICTIM'S DAUGHTER. HELLO, I'M DOMINIQUE SACHSE. I'M BILL BALLEZA. THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. WE FIRST SHOWED YOU THIS DISTURBING VIDEO DURING OUR NEWS AT 6:00. AND EVEN THOUGH THE ATTACK HAPPENED NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO, THE VICTIM IS STILL FEELING THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF THAT VICIOUS PUNCH. CHANNEL 2'S JENNIFER BAUER LIVE IN KATY TONIGHT WITH REACTION FROM THE MAN'S DAUGHTER. JEN? Reporter: YOU KNOW, THAT VIDEO IS VERY DISTURBING AND VERY UPSETTING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WATCH IT, ESPECIALLY THAT MAN'S FAMILY. THE VIDEO IS HARD TO WATCH. A KATY MAN HAD HIS CELL PHONE RECORDING WHILE HE PLOTTED AND ATTACKED ON A BLACK MAN. LISTEN. THE MAN IS TO SEE IF I WERE TO HIT A BLACK PERSON, WOULD THIS BE NATIONALLY TELEVISED. Reporter: A FEW SECONDS LATER, HE SPOTTED SOMEONE AND PULLED THE CAR OVER. HOW ARE YOU DOING? YEAH? HUH? KNOCKOUT. [LAUGHTER] Reporter: ON THE GROUND, ROY COLEMAN. AT THE TIME HE WAS 79. HE WAS PUNCHED IN THE FACE. I WAS TOTALLY DEVASTATED. IT JUST -- IT JUST BROKE MY HEART. Reporter: HIS DAUGHTER DONNY IS SPEAKING OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HER FATHER'S ATTACK. IT HAPPENED TWO YEARS AGO AND THE MAN WHO PUNCHED HER FATHER IS NOW IN PRISON. CONRAD BARRETT WHO IS 29 IS SERVING A SIX-YEAR SENTENCE. THIS VIDEO OF THE ATTACK WAS JUST RELEASED. IT AFFECTED HIS SPEECH REALLY BAD. Reporter: McNEIL SAYS HER FATHER'S JAW WAS BROKEN AND HE WAS IF IICALLY HURT IN THE ATTACK. BUT HIS EMOTIONAL STATE IS WHAT SHE WORRIES ABOUT MOST. IT BROUGHT BACK PAINFUL MEMORIES OF RACISM HE ENDURED AS A CHILD. HE'S 81. SO YOU KNOW IT GOES WAY BACK, AND YOU KNOW, EMOTIONALLY HE'S JUST LIKE -- I THINK HE'S KIND OF LIKE BROKEN. Reporter: McNEIL SAYS THIS VIDEO MAKES HER ANGRY. BUT SHE DECIDED TO FORGIVE BARRETT AND HER HEARS GOES OUT TO -- HEART GOES OUT ON TO HIS PARENTS. THEY'RE HURTING BECAUSE THEY LOST THEIR SON. I'M HURTING BECAUSE HE INJURED MY FATHER AND I'VE LOST HALF OF MY DAD. Reporter: AND DONNA TELLS UZ THAT HER FATHER IS NO LONGER ABLE TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY. HE NOW LIVES WITH HER AND SHE TAKES CARE OF HIM. SHE SAYS HE HASN'T BEEN THE SAME
HOUSTON - Cellphone video of a man attacking an elderly man two years ago, as part of the "knockout game," shows the attacker narrating his crime and repeatedly laughing.
(Warning: the video is graphic.) (http://www.click2houston.com/news/knockout-game-video-of-katy-mans-attack-on-elderly-victim/36578036)
Conrad Alvin Barrett, 29, recorded himself on his cellphone attacking 79-year-old Roy Coleman, who is African-American. In the recording, Barrett questions whether there would be national attention if he attacked a person of color.
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Barrett also claimed he would not hit "defenseless people" just moments before punching the elderly man in the face and with such force that Coleman fell to the ground.
Barrett then laughed and said "knockout" as he ran to his vehicle and drove away. Coleman suffered two jaw fractures and was hospitalized for several days as a result of the attack.
Barrett pleaded guilty to a hate crime, saying he attacked Coleman because of his race and color in what Barrett called a "knockout." Barrett is serving a 71 month prison sentence. (http://www.click2houston.com/news/katy-man-sentenced-to-71-months-in-prison-for-hate-crime-involving-knockout-game/35883258)
"The Department of Justice is happy that we were able to get this guy off the street, because he was out there to hurt people," federal prosecutor Ruben Perez said Friday afternoon.
Perez said he believes the public will find the video shocking.
"I hope the public would realize what this man did. It's the callousness the egregious behavior that he, that this man exhibited against this elderly, defenseless man," Perez said.
The following agencies investigated and prosecuted the case: the FBI, Fulshear and Katy Police Departments, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Fort Bend County District Attorney's Office. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Perez and Joe Magliolo prosecuted the case.
"When I first saw the video, I was devastated," said Donna McNeal, Colman's daughter. "It broke my heart to see someone hit my father."
McNeal told KPRC her father was physically hurt in the attack. His jaw was broken and he now has difficulty speaking. But it's his emotional state she worries about most. The incident brought back very painful memories of racism he endures as a child.
"He's 81," McNeal said. "It goes way back emotionally. I think he's broken."
Coleman is no longer able to live on his own. McNeal takes care of him.
She said as angry as she is about the attack, she has chosen to forgive Barrett and her heart goes out to his parents.
She said they saw each other in the courtroom but have never spoken.
"I don't hold any hard feelings for that young man," she said. "My heart goes out to his parents because they are hurting just like we are. They're hurting because they've lost a son and I'm hurting because I've lost half of my dad."
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