Jerry Wolkowitz, a 56-year-old journalist has died after being attacked for being white.
Jerry Wolkowitz, who had been moved to a long-term care center in September, died Thursday, five months after the attack, the family said. https://t.co/H1L363q5C6
— Asbury Park Patch (@AsburyParkPatch) October 18, 2018
He was attacked by 26-year-old Jamil S. Hubbard
Man charged in racial beating is mentally competent to stand trial, judge says https://t.co/I1whj0f2Pk (via @AsburyParkPress)
RIP Jerry Wolkowitz
— Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) October 18, 2018
According to the Assistant  Monmouth County Prosecutor Keri-Leigh Schaefer Wolkowitz was chosen because he was white.
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