LACROSSE, Wis. – A knife attack on a trucker at an Interstate 90 truck stop last week may have been racially motivated. The chief prosecutor for LaCrosse County, Tim Gruenke, is considering an amended criminal complaint to include racial hatred. Gruenke said the victim is non-white and the man alleged as the stabber is white. The stabbing, at West Salem, occurred in a parking dispute between the two truckers. The victim said other trucker pulled the kniide as he uttered: “It’s my country.” It an interview with LaCrosse Tribune, Gruenke said: “We are still investigating the case and reviewing video and witness statements.” The other trucker, who has been arrested in Tennessee, already faces felony counts of recklessly endangering safety/use of a dangerous weapon and substantial battery with a dangerous weapon.
