A black professor claimed he was the victim of a racist attack – only for police to rule his ‘aggressors’ were just trying to clear snow from their car.
Dr Onwubiko Agozino, a sociology professor at Virginia Tech, contacted authorities on February 10 after a group of young white men juveniles stopped their trucks on the street near his Christiansburg home while playing loud music and pushing snow and ice from a truck bed.
He claimed the music was racist and that ice blocks had been hurled onto his property in an act of racial aggression.
New River Valley Indivisible, a local chapter of the national progressive group Indivisible, published a statement on Facebook condemning what it described as a racist attack.
In the post, the group claimed: ‘The young White men parked in front of Dr Agozino’s home and unleashed a torrent of racial slurs, including the N-word, and threw ice bricks onto the property, blocking his driveway.
‘This hateful assault was accompanied by the blaring of music, specifically Drake’s “Energy,” in a calculated effort to terrorize and intimidate Biko and his family.’
The organization called for criminal and civil action, asserting that a hate crime had taken place.
But after interviewing those involved and speaking with a third-party witness, the town of Christiansburg said investigators found no evidence that the stop was racially motivated or intended to target the professor.
‘There have been incorrect reports that this may have been a targeted incident toward a specific residence or person based on racial bias,’ the town said in a statement.
Dr Onwubiko Agozino alleged that a group of white men racially abused him outside his Virginia home
Agozino is a professor at Virginia Tech (pictured)
Police said the juveniles had been attending a gathering at a nearby home.
Before leaving, two attempted to clear frozen snow and ice from a truck bed but were unable to remove all of it because of the vehicle’s angle.
The group then pulled over at a flat section of the road, where one pushed out the remaining ice before driving away.
Authorities said the investigation found no criminal intent or racial bias.
Agozino told Fox News Digital that he disagrees with the department’s conclusion and questioned whether intent should be the deciding factor.
‘Intent is only one element of crime because reckless or unreasonable behavior that is threatening to anyone is considered a breach of the law even if there is no intent to harm anyone,’ he said.
Agozino said police increased patrols near his home after the complaint ‘to prevent a repeat or escalation.’
He also described a second incident the following day, when he said one of the trucks parked near his mailbox for about 20 minutes before leaving.
‘I hope that the statement by the police that there is no evidence of hate crime will not unwittingly embolden the suspects,’ he said.
The Daily Mail has contacted Agozino for further comment.
