Another day, another racist homophobe caught on tape. This time it’s a construction worker from Idaho yelling at a group of a group of high schoolers eating ice cream.
52-year-old Richard Sovenski was arrested after verbally assaulting a group of teenagers outside of a fast food restaurant, calling the youths “f*cking little f*ggot,” “f*cking half-breeds” and “f*cking n*gger wannabes.”
The incident happened earlier this month in the parking lot of a McDonald’s in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho and was caught on video. The high schoolers, who were in Idaho for a field trip with their Spokane, Washington church, stopped in for ice cream after an evening prayer meeting.
It’s unclear what led to the outburst, but what happened next is truly deplorable.
“Get the f*ck gone, you f*cking idiots!” Sovenski is filmed shouting at the uncomfortable teenagers as try walking away from him. “F*cking morons! Get a f*cking job! F*cking morons!”
When one of the teens grumbles, “That’s why I don’t come to Idaho,” Sovenski becomes even more irate, shouting: “Yeah! That’s why you don’t come to Idaho! We’re real f*cking men here, you bitch!”
He continues: “You got a f*cking problem, you bitch? I’m your f*cking guy! I’m your f*cking guy, you little f*cking bitch. You’re a f*cking bitch!”
Things take a homophobic turn, when Sovenski says, “I will f*ck you up in a f*cking heartbeat, you f*cking little f*ggot!”
That’s when one of the girls in the group replies, shocked: “F*ggot?!”
To which Sovenski respponds, “Oh f*ck you, you f**king half-breed! Get the f*ck out of Idaho! F*ck you, you f*cking half-breeds! Get the f*ck out of here! You f*cking n*gger wannabes!”
The video ends with Sovenski violently rubbing his genitals while making a face at the youths.
Police were later called and Sovenski was arrested. He is charged with one count of misdemeanor battery and one count of felony malicious harassment, Idaho’s hate crime statute.
Sovenski is scheduled to appear in court in early September. Preliminary hearings are scheduled for July 27 and July 31.
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Chrisk
Hopefully his employer saw this.
Smith David
Yup…nothing says tough guy like yelling and being threatening to kids. He’s soft and pink. Come to the right neighborhood and start some Isshh…I’d have more respect for him if he tried this in a neighborhood were it really counts…lol.
And can someone please tell me what a “N-word” wannabe is?
WindsorOntario
Jesus Christ America is broken. This is happening every day now. There needs to be two Americas I think. The Trump people/Jesus people/toothless trailer park folks like this guy in the video/born again Christians/homophobic Islamists/anti-gay black Baptists and violent homophobic Catholic Hispanics should be given ALASKA and they can live there with each other, their repressive beliefs and their own fcuking nirvana.
The others who are civilized, decent, clean and law abiding can have the lower 48. Giving these people Alaska would ensure that it’d be very unlikely they’d come down to the lower 48, they can have all their guns, their hunting, their churches and be left alone with a huge surplus of land. In turn, they can leave the rest of us alone.
Kangol
But what about the Alaskan natives, who’ve been there for centuries? Why do they have to be displaced or have these racist, sexist, homophobic scumbags forced on them? Have indigenous people suffered enough?
Also, you do realize that many of the most rabidly homophobic and powerful Catholics are not Latinx/Hispanic, right? Just look at the pedophile-enabling Catholic bishops, Catholic jurists like Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch, etc.
Cowboy92
Ok, don’t put everyone in that block, I hate the people who spout this discussing retoric, but I haven’t spent the last almost decade in the army to have people’s speech sensored, that is not what this country is about. I strongly believe that they all get theirs in the end, this guy got arrested, charged, probably fired, for what he said so he is getting what he deserves.
Please do not lump so many random groups together, I am a gay man that is happily married to another. Both my husband and I attend church regularly, we both love and own many guns, as well as knowing how to safely handle and use them. We both hunt, have since we were little, we both grew up in a rural community on farms and ranches, so just because someone grew up in that environment does not mean they are a right wing nut. There are plenty of members in our community who have grown up in that very same environment and still love that life. So the next time you want to bash probably half of the country remember that.
WillParkinson
I’m confused. The guy who ‘violently rubs his genitals’ is not the guy who is shouting. Hopefully, assuming they’re both employed, their respective bosses see this and take action.
Paco
So now even youth church groups are being attacked by the Trump cult?
They went to McDonalds for ice cream after a prayer meeting and then get called names by a belligerent poster child of Trump’s base. It seems they will attack anyone with their irrational hatred of all things that are not them.
bookworm
Amen!!
misterjack
Yikes.
Kangol
So typical. But it’s on tape, and this loudmouthed racist homophobe and the creep who rubbed his genitals at these kids should deal with the fallout that comes.
tjack47
Trump and his reluctance to denounce, even his being supportive of people who are racist bigots, has emboldened this hatred.
prarie pup
Allow me to predict what will happen when he goes to court: at first he will be defiant, then after he’s convicted he’ll break down in tears, beg for forgiveness, and state, “That’s not the way I am.”
Uhhhmm, yeah buddy; that’s EXACTLY how you are.
James
Lock him up and throw away the key.
jkb
I wish I were that happy!
tham
I don’t really understand…but…felony malicious harassment…I hope it was worth yelling at a bunch of kids….
Cause if convicted, you’re going to have to put that down on every job for the rest of his working life.
And nobody hires an ex-felon.
Goforit
Sorry but this is Idaho. Putting it on his job applications will be a point of pride.
tham
I doubt any businessman would want to pay higher insurance so they could hire a felon…no matter if they support his cause or not.
It’s a money issue, and everyone knows…virtues go out the window when it comes to money.
Goforit
tham; For the most part, money trumps virtue only for republicans.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
Jus’ wonderin…….How far along are we on Making America great again?
lambchopp59
Um, it was a typo on the hats.
It was either supposed to be “grate” or “grunt”, I’m unsure which.
I’m still largely sitting back and watching this fool’s parade self-destruct.
A few of the RWNJ’s like this are in shock lately, they’re still mouthing words they’ll soon be eating.
Then there’s truly deplorable wackjobs like this one.
I can’t even watch the video, it would be a PTSD trigger for me and I’d be depressed for days. I grew up in a whole town of wackjobs like this idiot.
There is a sun on the horizon: if it is handled carefully. August will be unprecedented numbers of planets in retrograde. That will bring about some, limited but some, self-reflection amongst the RW’ers with more than 250 still functioning intracranial neurons. A few of them will come to realize what intractably crass assholes they’ve been and how much of a pariah they’ve made themselves. They have health problems that will need addressing.
Mid August is astrologically ripe for a yuuuge revelation to these wackjobs. Some will, literally go into shock. Do elevate their legs and apply a cool washcloth to their foreheads. They’ll remember who cared, and who only screamed at them for being a “snowflake lover”.
Mick406
I don’t see what this has to do with Trump. Libs always tie in church people with Trump. So, you’ve got a double negative there.
Do you wonder what the kids were doing to grab his attention and get him so riled up? If they were sitting there totally quiet, I can’t see a reason for him to explode like that. Something about their behavior ticked him off and I don’t think it was because they were doing something ‘holy’ or praying. It could have been typical kids being loud and obnoxious.
I think the guy is an independent nut case, totally unaffiliated with the Trump ‘movement’, who gets angered easily. No matter what the kids were doing, he was in the wrong for having a blowout.
PinkoOfTheGange
Why the association? Experience.
tham
I’m thinking alcohol and/or drugs were involved. Meth and heroin are very big in Idaho.
And when you are off of them…or before you get your “fix”, you’re a monster.
dwes09
You are blaming the kids for doing something to rile the idiot up!
You make an art form of both victim blaming and stupidity. Something it would be difficult to do it you had a brain.
As for what Trump has to do with this, just look at the figures for harassment and hate crimes in this country since Trump has been elected. His low intellect rhetoric has emboldened the dull had half witted and given license to their hatred and screed.
Perhaps the guy is a nut case, but so are a huge number of those who support Trump: divorced from reality and unable to separate their imagination from reality. As you seem to be in your comments here.
dwes09
“Libs always tie in church people with Trump. So, you’ve got a double negative there.”
Man, you are a laugh! A double negative is a specific linguistic construction such as “you ain’t no genius”. The correct construction would be “you are no genius:. and in fact you are no genius.
A double negative is not people with brains realizing that the right wing dullard in the mcdonalds had no idea that the kids were a church group, and like so many of you regressives only saw with his assumptions, not with his eyes or his brain (what little he has of a brain).
How much of a brain do you have, and when will you actually try to use it?
Goforit
dwes09: You have no idea how much I and I am sure, others appreciate your comments on this site. Your comments are always reasoned, intelligent and to the point. You and I almost always agree but it is obvious that you have a much better education and a greater command of the English language than I. Please never go away. We need your voice. Thank you!
Vortece
@Mick406 I haven’t watched the video, but if you need a reason to explain why these kids haven’t been tied to Trump even though they’re from a church, it’s probably because those kids were people of color, and you might remember that President Trump hasn’t exactly managed to capture much support among people of color.
b2rocketfan
Oh my lord. People like him make me so embarrassed to be white. I just want to shout not All white people are this damaged. What a complete tool.
gymmuscleboy
Embarrassed to be white? What is wrong with you? You’re associating one crazy guy with all white people? You would not even be on the internet if it weren’t for western civilisation. In fact, you would probably be dirt poor.
It’s like you’re just waiting for an opportunity to proudly proclaim your white guilt.
tham
@gymmuscleboy
What?
Russian bots…you can tell cause they use the British form of English.
Commrad, hows St Peterberg today?
nwguys
I really, Really, REALLY hope that his name is found out and he’s made famous for this!