“Collins, 41, and his wife were leaving Babe’s Corner Store on Sumner Avenue when Robert May, 70, approached them on his bicycle. May, who also went by “Frog,” had repeatedly harassed Collins and his children, addressing them with racial slurs for months, said defense attorney Terrence Turnback.

On that afternoon, May rode directly into Collin’s wife after they exited the store, assaulting her with his bike, Collins told Superior Court Judge Guy P. Ryan during his plea.

May then turned to Collins and called him n*****, which drew a single punch to his face that brought him immediately to the ground. May’s fall and the punch knocked him unconscious, and he was later found by first responders lying on the cement, with blood coming from his mouth and head.

After May eventually came to, he was treated at the scene but refused additional medical assistance and went home, per a press release issued by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office.

The police then received a tip that he was “acting erratically” after the fall, and he was transported to the hospital and eventually succumbed to his injuries on October 1. An autopsy determined the cause of death to be blunt-force trauma, and the manner of death was homicide.

Witnessed identified Collins to the police, and an arrest warrant was issued on October 4. Collin’s name was added to the powerful National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database, reaching over 90,000 criminal justice and law enforcement agencies nationwide” – Atlanta Black Star | Posted by Thrillz