PORTLAND — A man has been charged with a bias crime after two Black men were threatened with a knife, according to a Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office spokesperson.
The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Zachary Hantz threatened a city of Portland Parks & Recreation employee Sunday, according to the district attorney’s office.
Officials said Hantz started walking aggressively toward the man, yelling racial hate speech. Officials said he took out a knife and pointed it at the worker in a way that made him fearful of “serious physical injury.”
A Black man who saw the incident tried to de-escalate the situation but Hantz started screaming and pointing the knife at him, officials said.
