A white man captured on video yelling racist slurs at his Black neighbors in New Jersey, and later arrested on harassment and more than a dozen other charges, will remain in jail pending his trial, a judge ruled Wednesday.
Edward C. Mathews, 45, of Mount Laurel, who stood silently from Burlington County jail during a remotely held detention hearing, poses a “high risk of danger to the community,” Superior Court Judge Terrence Cook said Wednesday.
His actions in a viral video are what ignited the outrage, and got the attention of the courts.
The video captured Mathews yelling racial slurs at one of his neighbors and taunting others.
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