Judge Tells Man Charged With Hate Crime to Stay Away from Hookah Lounge

A man was arrested after he yelled derogatory statements and pushed two men coming out of an Orland Park hookah lounge, prosecutors said in court on Tuesday.

Mark Klikuszewski, 25, appeared before Cook County Judge Peter Felice on a hate crime charge in bond court.

Prosecutors said that Klikuszewski was walking home when he encountered the two men leaving the hookah lounge around 11:50 p.m. Aug. 24.

According to the charges, Klikuszewski approached the men and yelled, “Go back to your own country.”

When the men told Klikuszewski to go home, he allegedly stated: “What if I don’t go home? Are you going to chop my head off like your other people do?”

He then approached the men and pushed them with open palms, prosecutors said.

The men also said that Klikuszewski appeared to be intoxicated when he confronted them.

The assistant public defender told the judge that Klikuszewski was a Richards High School graduate and lived with friends. He has no prior criminal background.

Judge Felice set bail at $10,000. He also told Klikuszewski to stay away from the hookah lounge and to not have any contact with the victims.