‘Go Back to the ‘Hood with Your Gold Chain’: Three White Missouri Construction Workers Beat Off-Duty Black Cop with Hard Hat, Choked Him While Hurling Racial Slurs

Three white construction workers in the St. Louis area face multiple felony charges after allegedly assaulting an off-duty Black police officer and shouting racial slurs at him. Matthew Devlin, 39, of Fenton, Missouri, was charged with three counts of first-degree assault, two counts of armed criminal action, and one count of first-degree kidnapping. His co-defendants, Garrett Gibbs, 23, also from Fenton, and Donnie Hurley Jr., 42, from Arnold, Missouri, are each charged with two counts of first-degree assault, armed criminal action, and first-degree kidnapping. Three construction workers are accused of assaulting an off-duty St. Louis County police officer. (Photo: YouTube screenshot/First Alert 4) It’s not clear if the suspects were aware the victim was a cop because his car was unmarked and he was dressed in plainclothes. All three men are being held at the St. Louis County jail.& Devlin’s bond was set at $250,000. Bonds for Gibbs and Hurley were set at $100,000, according to court records. It’s not clear whether they have legal representation. Witnesses heard Devlin telling the unidentified officer to “go back to the ‘hood with your gold chain” and that he did not “belong down here,” according to the Kansas City Star, citing court documents....