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.

A federal judge in Denver ruled Wednesday that there's probable cause to proceed with a hate crime charge against the man accused of hurling Molotov cocktails at a gathering of people in Boulder earlier this month while shouting "Free Palestine.

Mohammed Sabry Soliman’s lawyer argued that his alleged victims were targeted for their political views, not their ancestry.