A white Sheboygan father and son face several hate crime charges after police and witnesses said they attacked a black family on the Fourth of July.

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VICTIM’S FAMILY SAY A FATHER AND SON TRIED DRAGGING A 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL INTO THIS HOUSE, THEN HIT HER FATHER WITH A SHOVEL AND THREATENED TO HANG HIM FROM THEIR TREE. GREG THOMAS SAYS HE WAS GREETE WITH SHOVELS AND KNIVES OUTSIDE THE HOME ON 2ND AND SUPERIOR ON THE FOURTH OF JULY. >> AND THEN THE LADY YELLED OUT " “RYAN, IT’S A OUTSIDE,” AND A BUNCH OF GUYS RAN ON OUTSIDE. HE DROVE THERE AFTER GETTING A DISTURBING CALL FROM HIS DAUGHTER WHO WAS TRYING TO FIND PARKING TO SEE THE LAKEFRONT FIREWORKS. >> WE WAS TURNING AROUND, MADE A WRONG U-TURN. THE PEOPLE CAME OFF THE PORCH, WAS CALLING US --, WAS TELLING US TO GO BACK TO MILWAUKEE. THEY WAS THROWING BEER BOTTLES. >> CHRISTALLA TELLS ME RYAN AND SCOTT ROEDER WERE PART OF A LARGE GROUP DRAGGING HER TOWARDS THE HOUSE, THREATENING TO HANG HER. SHE GOT AWAY, BUT WHEN HER FATHER ARRIVED HE SAYS TO TRY AND TALK THINGS THROUGH, THE ROEDERS ATTACKED HIM. >> AND WHEN THEY START GRABBING WEAPONS FROM THE SHED AN OLDER GUY YELLED OUT AND SAID, GRAB ROPE TOO SO WE CAN HANG THIS -- FROM THE TREE. HE STEPPED FORWARD WITH THE KNIFE. I MOVED TO THE SIDE AND I STRUCK HIM ONE TIME. WHEN I STRUCK HIM ONE TIME I GOT HIT IN THE SIDE OF THE FACE WITH THE SHOVEL. >> IN ONE PUNCH, THOMAS BROKE SCOTT ROEDER’S JAW. HE SAYS HE THEN GRABBED THE SHOVEL AND WAS STILL HOLDING IT WHEN POLICE SHOWED UP AND ARRESTED THOMAS. >> I THINK THAT THEY THOUGHT BECAUSE WE WERE BLACK THAT IT WAS THE BLACK PEOPLE WHO WAS COMING AN WAS STARTING IT BECAUSE THAT THEY TOOK. >> I KNOCKED ON THE ROEDER’S DOOR TUESDAY. NO ONE ANSWERED. JOYC SO CAROLINE, WHAT EXACTLY ARE THE CHARGES THEY’RE FACING? >> SCOTT ROEDER FACES A FELONY HATE CRIME CHARGE AND HIS SON, RYAN, FACES MULTIPLE HATE CRIMES. THOMAS WAS ALSO CHARGED IN THE FIGHT WITH DISORDERLY CONDUCT. NEIGHBORS TELL ME THEY ARE GLAD

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A white Sheboygan father and son face several hate crime charges after police and witnesses said they attacked a black family on the Fourth of July. Scott Roeder, 63, and Ryan Roeder, 32, were both arrested outside their home near 2nd and Superior in Sheboygan.According to witnesses, the victims and court documents, both Roeder's were yelling (racial slur) and threatening to hang a black family. "We was turning around, made a U-turn, then the people came off the porch, was calling us (racial slur), was telling us to go back to Milwaukee. They was throwing beer bottles at the car," Christalla McKinnie said. McKinnie, 17, said the Roeders dragged her towards their house, called her the (racial slur) word and said they were going to hang her. McKinnie managed to get away and call her father, Greg Thomas. When Thomas arrived, he said he was only trying to talk to the family because he couldn't believe they would do that. "Then the lady yelled out, 'Ryan, it's a (racial slur) outside,' and a bunch of guys ran on outside," Thomas said. "I was scared. I had my hands out, like, 'hold up, hold up, I'm only here to talk.'"Thomas said the group attacked him."When they started grabbing weapons from the shed, an older guy yelled out and said, grab a rope too so we can hang this (racial slur) from the tree," Thomas said. "He stepped forward with a knife. I moved to the side, and I struck him one time. When I struck him one time I got hit in the side of the face with the shovel."Thomas broke Scott Roeder's jaw and grabbed the shovel from his son, Ryan. He said when police arrived, they saw Thomas holding the shovel and arrested him. "I think that (police) thought because we were black that it was the black people who was coming and was starting it," said Taqueta Ferguson, Thomas' fiancee and McKinnie's mother. "Once they figured out it was otherwise, they came to my home and tried to apologize. They said that they was sorry and that it was dark and they couldn't really see. I had no conversation for them, I didn't even let my daughter talk to them."Scott Roeder faces a felony hate crime charge. His son, Ryan Roeder, faces multiple misdemeanor hate crime charges and had a previous felony on his record. Thomas was also charged in the fight with disorderly conduct.