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The man accused of hurling a drink in the face of a Texas teen inside a Whataburger restaurant and then stealing the 16-year-old’s “Make America Great Again” hat was arrested Thursday, officials said.

San Antonio Police identified the suspect late Thursday as 30-year-old Kino Jimenez.

“Kino Jimenez was located in Universal City, Texas,” police said in a statement obtained by Fox News. “Universal City police officers took Mr. Jimenez into custody without incident.”

Jail records Friday morning showed Jimenez was detained on a warrant for theft of person. A jail spokesperson later told Fox News that Jimenez's bond was set at $5,000 and he was booked and released on bond the same day.

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Kino Jimenez was released on bond after being taken into custody, police say.  (Bexar County Sheriff’s Office)

The incident, which was captured on a video that soon went viral, reportedly happened Tuesday at one of the burger chain’s restaurants in San Antonio.

“You ain’t supporting s--- n----!” Jimenez is heard saying on camera after tossing a large drink in the direction of the person filming the video. He then walks away with the hat while muttering "b---- a-- motherf------" as one of the other teens sitting at the table appears stunned.

The events preceding the video were not clear. Hunter Richard, the 16-year-old teen who says he was wearing the hat, told WOAI some of his hair was ripped off as Jimenez removed it from his head.

"I support my President and, if you don’t, let’s have a conversation about it instead of ripping my hat off,” he said. “I just think a conversation about politics is more productive for the entire whole rather than taking my hat and yelling subjective words to me.”

There was no word Friday if the original hat has been recovered, but there have been offers for Richard to receive a replacement cap signed by Trump himself.

“If someone can get me this young man’s information I’ll get him a new #maga hat... SIGNED by #potus!!!,” Donald Trump Jr. tweeted Thursday night.

A spokesperson for Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., also told Fox News hours earlier the Congressman was looking to see what he could do to secure the teen a signed hat.

“Don’t let a few left bullies stop you from showing your #MAGA!” Brad Parscale, the president’s 2020 campaign manager, tweeted in reaction to the video.

Whataburger had told Fox News on Thursday it is cooperating with the police investigation.

“We were shocked to see this video and certainly don’t condone this type of customer behavior in our restaurants," the company said. "To be clear, no Whataburger employees were involved or witnessed the incident, and we ask that questions be directed to San Antonio PD as we continue supporting their efforts.”

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Kino Jimenez, the assault offender who attacked a teenage Trump supporter on the Fourth of July, was recently kicked out of his own liberal political party — the Green Party of Texas.

Jimenez was arrested for the assault and theft of a MAGA hat from a Texas teen Thursday. The teen, Hunter Richard, 16, was eating a late night snack at his local Whataburger when Kino Jimenez assaulted the teen by throwing a soda in his face and ripping off his MAGA hat.

“This is gonna go right in my f**king fireplace, b*tch,” Jimenez yelled, referring to the hat. “You ain’t supporting s**t, n*****.” The vulgar assault and act of hatred went viral and landed Jimenez in jail according to the Bexar County Sheriff.

Jimenez has since lost his job over the incident and has now also lost his position in the Green Party of Texas.

 

According to an interview with Heavy.com, Jimenez has been “banned” from the party due to his “disturbing” behavior and shedding “negative light on our party.”

In the interview, Gavino Zarate, secretary of the Harris County Green Party, said:

“We all have different opinions of our president, but we don’t take it out on innocent kids who just happen to have a hat on. You may not like the hat or you may not like the president, but you don’t show that kind of aggression toward teenagers. It goes against everything the Green Party stands for. We are not violent. We do not take our aggression out on innocent young people.”

“We are handling it in house. From our point of view, he is banned from being part of our organization. What Kino has (allegedly) done out of his own will, he has really shed a negative light on our party. He preyed upon two or three young people. I removed him. It’s very disturbing.”

To make up for the assault, President Trump’s son has asked for the address of Richard to send him another MAGA hat, this time signed by Trump himself.

 

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Jutu posted:

Best comment so far:

"Is he crying? There's no crying in the thug life".

"Screenshots of Jimenez’s now-deleted Facebook profile are also circulating on social media. He wrote on his page that he worked at the San Antonio bar. He wrote in his profile’s “About” section, “thug life.” On Instagram, he wrote about himself, “Jedi-Knight Musician Spaceman.”

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