The NC Man Who Wreaked Racist Havoc Finally Faces The Gavel

Updated as of 1/13/2024 at 3 p.m. ET

The man accused of riding around in a truck decked out in radical right, Trump stanning, Confederate images is now facing prison time.

Marian Hudak of Concord, Nc. was previously arrested on hate crime charges including interference with federally protected activities and criminal interference with right to fair housing after terrorizing the community with his Trump-float of a vehicle between 2021 and 2022.

On Thursday, a jury found him guilty of the hate crimes, according to WCNC. The FBI found probable cause last year to charge the man for racially intimidating his Black and brown neighbors but he did more than just yell slurs and wag his finger.

Witnesses during trial testified that Hudak drove recklessly near them while whipping around a Confederate-flag covered pickup truck, the report says. According to Queen City News, Hudak was also accused of harassing his Mexican American neighbors by egging their vehicle, throwing the classic “go back to your country” insult and even physically assaulting one of them.

Hudak was also accused of trying to run a Black driver off the road with his MAGA-mobile while yelling racial slurs and eventually pulling a gun on him. Soon after that incident, he nearly turned himself in for his foolishness after complaining that he couldn’t continue carrying on the way he did.

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Hudak was eventually questioned by the police in December. “I can’t take this anymore,” he told them, according to the complaint. “I got banned from Sam’s Club because they said I yell F Black people… It’s my First Amendment, and I will use it because they ask for trouble.”

According to the complaint, Hudak has consistently bashed “illegal” immigration and so-called crimes Black people have committed against him, and has blared hate speech loudly from his tackily decorated truck. Social media pages associated with Hudak indicate he emigrated from Slovakia.

Hudak’s sentencing is scheduled for May. He may face only 120 days in prison.