SAPD: Suspect in assault over MAGA hat at Whataburger arrested

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An arrest has been made in connection with a viral video in which a teenager’s Make America Great Again hat was torn off by a stranger at a San Antonio Whataburger.

30-year-old Kino Jimenez was located by robbery task force detectives in Universal City, police said, and taken into custody on a warrant for theft of person.

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In a video that made the rounds on the internet starting Wednesday, 16-year-old Hunter Richard is seen eating with two friends at the Whataburger location at Nacogdoches Road and Thousand Oaks around 2 a.m. The video starts halfway through an altercation in which a man — suspected to be Jimenez — throws a drink in Richard’s face and is seen holding a “MAGA” hat that Richard later said was his.

Richard has said that the man approached the teen’s table, tore off Richard’s hat and asked why Richard was wearing it. When Richard responded that he supported President Donald Trump — with whom the hat is closely associated — he says the man threw a drink in Richard’s face and walked away with the hat.

“You ain’t supportin’ s--t, n----,” the man said while leaving.

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Richard has since said he would like to have a conversation with the man and "come to some sort of agreement or neutral ground."

Rumble, a local bar, said in a statement that the man was a part-time employee there and has been fired.

Bail has not yet been set for Jimenez, according to the county magistrate’s office.

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