GRAND RAPIDS, MI – After grabbing a bite to eat, a woman was approached by a bicyclist holding an air horn as she waited to turn onto a busy street.

The encounter, though brief, ended badly. Footage of the altercation was captured on a cell phone.

The bicyclist, 30-year-old Travis Michael Bonn, allegedly called the Black woman a racial slur and blew the air horn in her face before riding off.

Wyoming police arrested Bonn hours later. He was charged with a hate crime, and his case is pending in Kent County Circuit Court.

A message left with his attorney seeking comment on Tuesday, Sept. 16, was not immediately returned.

The felony charge stems from a June 6 confrontation between Bonn and the woman near a fast-food restaurant on 44th Street SE.

The woman, who asked to remain anonymous

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