A Wausau man accused of attacking a black man outside a convenience store is jailed on 25-hundred dollars bond.
Aaron Nielsen made his first court appearance Wednesday on battery and disorderly conduct charges as part of an alleged hate crime.
Prosecutors say Nielsen yelled racial slurs at Joseph Murphy Monday night and them attacked him.
On a Facebook video, Wausau Police Chief Ben Bliven called it “indicative of what we are experiencing in our society today is that people of color don’t feel safe in their communities and we need to do a better job at that.”
Nielsen’s next court hearing is Friday.
