In addition to beating a homeless man because of his ethnicity, the Leader brothers’ “passionate” nature is also on display in their respective (and extensive) criminal records. And according to the Boston Globe, one of the brothers said he was “inspired” to do so by GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump.
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The man said that he awoke to find the brothers urinating on his face and rummaging through his belongings. In 2001, Leader attacked a Moroccan man inside a Dunkin Donuts restaurant, shouting ethnic slurs and accusing his victim of being a “terrorist”.
On Wednesday, the brothers pleaded not guilty to several assault charges, but said their attack was inspired by the former Apprentice host’s anti-immigrant comments in his campaign speech!
“I will say that people who are following me are very passionate“, he remarked. He said they ripped away his blankets and sleeping bag, hit him in the face and the head, and punched him several times.
The savage attack left the man with a broken nose and bruises to his head and torso, state police said.
Just as the post 9-11 hysteria gave one of them the motivation to beat up a North African who “looked Muslim”, Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant hysteria has given them the impetus to start beating up people they think might be Mexicans.
“They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime”.
Footage below of Trump’s presser, in which he also engages questions about Heidi Klum and Megyn Kelly, too, and tells people to trust him on women’s issues (because he will be “great”) and the relative paucity of failure in his life. Trump’s response to the Hollywood Reporter: “I’m sure they don’t mean that”, he said. Both Leader brothers have long criminal histories, according to prosecutors.
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Scott Leader, 38, and Steve Leader, 26, both of South Boston, were charged with multiple crimes, including assault and battery, assault and battery with a risky weapon, assault and battery for the goal of intimidation because of national origin, open and gross lewdness, indecent exposure, disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace, and threatening to commit a crime, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.
