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College Professor Alberto Friedmann Quits After Being Charged With Hate Crime

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A local college professor has resigned after he was charged with a hate crime in Oak Park.

Alberto Friedmann, 53, quit is position at National University of Health Sciences before the school finished its investigation.

Prosecutors say last month Friedmann spit on a black woman and hurled racial slurs at her and her young daughter in the parking lot of Jewel in Oak Park.

He also reportedly told the woman that he does not like black people.

Friedmann is charged with aggravated assault and a hate crime.

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