Police have charged an Ayer man who allegedly threw rocks and shouted a racial slur at a Black man and his daughter while they were fishing on Lake Shirley over Memorial Day weekend.

In a clip shared to Facebook , a shirtless man on the shore says, “Oh yeah, I’m throwing rocks at you (n-word).”

The man who posted the video, Sheron Brown, is later heard saying he’s going to call the police.

Police later identified the man as David McPartlan, 66, and charged him with two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon and two counts of assault to intimidate.

According to a police report, officers were dispatched to the boat ramp at Shady Point campground at 4:50 p.m. on May 26 for a report of a disturbance involving a man, his child, and another man on the shore.

The calling party, identifi

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