Two Connecticut men face a slew of charges after they reportedly ran a group of Black teens off a road and shouted racial slurs at them.
On Monday, June 22, authorities obtained an arrest warrant for Matthew and Michael Lemelin.
Three Black teenagers, ages 13, 14 and 15, told authorities they were riding their bikes down Manchester’s Main St. to a convenience store when two men in a car began to follow them.
“We need justice and we need to work to ensure incidents like this don’t happen to another group of black boys.”
Samantha Bartone, the fiancée of Michael Lemelin, told NBC Connecticut her partner is “an upstanding citizen and not a racist.
