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A Florida man says he was the victim of a racially motivated attack Monday, when he was punched by a black teenager for listening to rap music.
David McKnight, 22, was playing the song "Wasted" by Gucci Mane when, he says, he was confronted by 14-year-old Joshua Lamb, WFTV.com reports.
"The argument involved the black male suspect saying, 'You shouldn't be listening to rap music because you're white,' " said Palm Bay police spokeswoman Yvonne Martinez.
When McKnight, who is Caucasian, refused to turn off the music, Lamb and a group of friends assaulted him.
"I couldn't get away fast enough," McKnight told WFTV. "One of them spit on me, punched me, knocked me down ... I got a couple of kicks in from a couple of them."
McKnight told police Lamb was with at least seven others.
"I told him to drop it. I was like, 'Just drop it, let's go, there is eight of you and one of me. Just drop it,' " McKnight said. "And he says, 'I'm not dropping anything.' Bam! [He] punched me."
Source: NY Daily News
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