A judge upheld a hate crime charge against Michael Enright, the 22-year-old film student who allegedly slashed a taxi driver in an anti-Muslim attack, the Canadian Press reports.
New York Supreme Court Justice Richard Carruthers said a grand jury had had enough evidence to indict Enright and planned a hearing for March 30 to set a trial date.
In an apparently drunken haze, the a student at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, allegedly boarded a cab back in August and asked the driver about his religion. He then allegedly stabbed the driver while yelling “This is a checkpoint, this is checkpoint, motherfucker, I have to put you down.” Enright had just returned from being embedded with a Marine Unit on a trip to Afghanistan. He reportedly accused the cops who arrested him of harboring anti-Irish Catholic sentiments.
Enright, who is out on bail, and said nothing as he left court with his parents and lawyer, the news service reported.
Full coverage of the Enright case here.
