ROCKY RIVER, Ohio (WJW) Authorities have released video footage they say belongs to Feras Hamdan, the man accused of threatening U.S. Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, and his family.
That video and other footage and statements released Wednesday show part of an alleged road rage incident, in which police said Hamdan, 36, followed and harassed Miller for miles along Interstate 90 on June 19.
In one video, Hamdan is seen riding next to Miller’s pickup truck.
“This is the congressman that piece of (expletive) congressman that’s against Palestine. That’s crazy, that’s crazy, that’s crazy. This racist, Jewish he can’t even look at me. He knows I’m recording him,” a man can be heard saying.
Some of the incident was caught on Ohio Department of Transportation cameras.
On video captured near Interstate 90 at Wooster Road, the black Tesla allegedly driven by Hamdan can be seen brake-checking Miller’s pickup truck.
In a 911 call, Miller said the driver shouted threats at him from his car and held up a Palestinian flag on his phone.
When interviewed by police after the incident, Miller told officers the driver screamed at him from his car and threatened to kill him and his family.
“The windows are down and he’s just screaming at me at the top of his lungs, saying he wants to kill me, and he knows who I am, and he knows where I live,” Miller said during an interview with police after the incident.
Hamdan has been indicted on charges of aggravated menacing, ethnic intimidation and tampering with evidence.
He has maintained his innocence. His attorneys said Miller is embellishing the incident to score political points.
Hamdan is scheduled to appear in court again on Aug. 5.
