From a verbal report given by Harold Howard to Kurt Castaldo, a deputy in the sheriff’s office in Palm Beach County, Florida, in December 2015. Howard alleged that Yousef Muslet had assaulted him. Muslet maintained that he was shaking Howard’s hand. Muslet was charged with burglary and battery on an elderly person; he was acquitted last year.

harold howard: I was at my pastor’s house, Eric Stevenson, with Pat Lucey, who is also a preacher. We went and got in my truck and started driving out. There was a bunch of kids standing and playing, throwing the…