White Pockets

An Oak Park man charged with a hate crime told police he was so upset about the Trayvon Martin case in Florida that he beat up a man because he was white early Tuesday. Alton L. Hayes III and a 15-year-old Chicago boy walked up behind the 19-year-old man victim and pinned his arms to his side, police said. Hayes, 18, then picked up a large tree branch, pointed it at the man and said, "Empty your ...