Whether the man accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at demonstrators in Boulder was motivated by the victims’ political views or by their perceived national origin took center stage in

In an almost three-hour hearing in federal court on Wednesday, no one tried to argue that Mohamed Soliman wasn’t the man throwing Molotov cocktails at peaceful marchers in Boulder on June 1.

A federal judge said Wednesday that prosecutors can proceed with a hate crime charge against a man accused of hurling Molotov cocktails at a group of people demonstrating in Boulder, Colorado, in support of Israeli hostages.