by Vivian Ho

March 9, 2017

 

A man was convicted of yelling racial epithets and wielding a knife at an African American camp counselor outside a summer youth program in San Francisco’s Potrero Hill neighborhood, the district attorney said Thursday.

A Superior Court jury found Steven Alfred Beck, 37, guilty of brandishing a deadly weapon with a hate crime allegation, a felony, as well as an additional misdemeanor charge of brandishing a weapon.

Beck was arrested July 14, according to court records, after he approached the victim outside the Potrero Hill Neighborhood House.

The victim had been greeting children as they arrived to the summer camp when Beck began shouting racial slurs and profanities at him. Beck was shirtless and displaying a large swastika tattoo on his chest, an Iron Cross tattoo on his neck and a knife in his waistband.

 

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