Syracuse West Runner Assaulted in Racially Charged Attack - Updated Story

Kyle Brazeil


The news story that has quickly swept the nation since it's release this past weekend.  We bring you up to speed with all the details below.  Local runner, Chase Coleman of Syracuse West, and his mother, are standing up to an injustice.


Original Story via Syracuse.com:

Attack on autistic teen runner prompts charges of racism by Syracuse official

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Chase Coleman, an autistic ninth-grader at Corcoran High School, was running in a cross country race in Rochester when a middle-aged stranger attacked him.

The man got out of his car, shoved Chase down in the road and yelled "get out of here'' before driving off, according to witnesses.

A few days after the Oct. 14 incident, the nonverbal 15-year-old runner handed his uniform back to his coach and quit the team.

Now Chase's mother, Clarise Coleman, wants to know why Rochester authorities refuse to press charges against the man who admitted pushing Chase.

She fears the answer is this: Chase is black and disabled, and his attacker was white.


Oct. 31st Update via Syracuse.com:

Rochester cops revisit attack on Syracuse teen runner with autism

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Rochester police will come to Syracuse today to take a deposition from the mother of a 15-year-old boy with autism who was attacked Oct. 14 while running in a cross country race.

Clarise Coleman said police contacted her this morning to obtain a signed statement about the autism of her son, Chase Coleman, to be used if police resubmit a warrant application to arrest the man who shoved Chase to the ground.


Nov. 1st Update via Syracuse.com:

Rochester police invite Syracuse autistic teen Chase Coleman to run with them

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Rochester police, who are investigating the attack on autistic teen runner Chase Coleman, have offered to send a cruiser to Syracuse to bring Chase to Rochester to run with police recruits, Coleman's mother said today.


Nov. 2nd Update via Syracuse.com:

Arrest warrant issued in connection with attack on autistic runner Chase Coleman

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- The man accused of attacking autistic teen runner Chase Coleman during a race in Rochester will be charged with second-degree harassment, Coleman's mother said today.

Rochester police notified Clarise Coleman this morning that they had received a signed warrant from a city court judge to charge Martin MacDonald, of Pittsford. The charge is a violation punishable by up to 15 days in jail.




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