Timothy Trybus, the loudmouth who went off on a woman wearing a Puerto Rico themed shirt in a park near Chicago last month, may know diddly squat about U.S. citizenship laws, but he is about to learn a lot about the Illinois court system now that the disorderly conduct and misdemeanor assault charges against him have been upgraded to two counts of felony hate crimes.
”A Chicago man seen on video harassing a woman for wearing a Puerto Rican flag shirt while police watched was hit with felony hate crime charges Thursday.
Timothy Trybus, 62, was arrested Thursday and faces two counts of felony hate crime over the encounter in an Illinois forest preserve, a spokesperson with the Cook County State's Attorney Office said. He was initially charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct and misdemeanor assault before his charges were upgraded. Trybus is scheduled to appear in court on Friday.
Each count is a class 3 felony that carries a possible sentence of probation or up to two to five years in prison if convicted. It was not immediately clear if Trybus is represented by an attorney.
The June 14 incident showed an irate man who police later identified as Trybus approaching a woman, Mia Irizarry, as she waited for her family at a picnic area in the Forest Preserves of Cook County to celebrate her 24th birthday. Trybus told Irizarry, who was filming the confrontation, not to wear a T-shirt celebrating Puerto Rico if she's an American citizen -- despite the fact that Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory and Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens.”
For those who did not see the incident:
And what about the derelict cop who did nothing to protect the woman?
“Connor was placed on desk duty on June 26, after apparently taking a pre-scheduled vacation shortly after the incident. He resigned on his own accord Wednesday.”
I think Mr. Trybus should try the Illinois Prison System bus.
I hear it’s a short ride from Chi-town to Joliet...