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A Massachusetts man was convicted in the racially motivated killing of another man two years ago in Belmont, prosecutors said Monday.
Dean Kapsalis had been accused of shouting racial slurs during a road rage incident in January 2021 and was charged with racially motivated murder. He also faced motor vehicle and civil rights charges, and Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said he was found guilty Monday.Kapsalis -- a Hudson man with a lengthy history of violations behind the wheel -- hit Henry Tapia, who was Black, with his Dodge Dakota truck on Jan.
Then, after the yelling had subsided from both men, Kapsalis"turned and hurled a horrific racial slur" at Tapia before getting in his pickup truck and running him down. Tapia 35 and left behind a fiancée and children. Ryan noted that one of the last things Tapia heard was words"meant to intimidate and threaten him," ones that"make people who live in our communities wonder if they belong here." She said her office makes a point to bring specific charges in cases involving hate crimes, not use them as background for other charges.
Dean Kapsalis is accused of fatally hitting a 35-year-old Boston man with his truck and hurling racial epithets at him.
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