A white man with the word “hate” tattooed on his knuckles was caught on video viciously beating, kicking and strangling a 52-year-old Black man for 30 minutes inside a veteran’s lodge last month, leaving the Black man clinging to life in a coma.
The brutal attack on Preston Coleman took place on Jan. 5 inside the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, according to local police who have watched the security video from inside the lodge but have not yet released it to the public.
But it took a month for police to arrest his attacker, Brett Ours, who has a long history of violence, including being arrested on charges of kidnapping his own cousin in 2011 as well as being caught on video last year assaulting a female in what appeared to be an unprovoked attack.
Aliquippa police, who also described the attack on Coleman as “unprovoked,” arrested Ours on charges of attempted first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated assault, two counts of strangulation, possession of an instrument of crime and three counts of simple assault. He remains jailed without bond.
Earlier this month, Coleman filed a lawsuit against the Veterans Home Association of Aliquippa, which owns and operates VFW Post 3577, where the attack took place, according to Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
“Coleman is seen blood-soaked and frail as he grips the bar to pull himself up off the ground,” Aliquippa Detective David Mosua wrote in the complaint against Mr. Ours, the Post-Gazette reported.
