Knockout Game News Story: A knockout game arrest is making national news as a man arrested in Texas faces federal hate law charges. The knockout game planning was on video. The "knockout-game" attack happened in the Houston area.

Conrad Alvin Barrett, 27, who is white, videotaped himself assaulting a 79-year-old black man in a "knockout game"-style attack. The victim lost three teeth and his  jaw was broken. Authorities said he was hospitalized for more than four days.

Prosecutors say the attack happened in Katy, Texas, on Nov. 24. Police didn't see the cellphone video of the knockout game attack for another 12 days. According to the criminal complaint, Barrett showed the video on the knockout game attack to an off-duty arson investigator. Barrett allegedly met the investigator in a restaurant in Folshear, Texas. Barrett's face is not seen on the knockout game video. Investigators says his voice is caught on the tape.  

The complaint said Barrett asked the fire cop and a woman if they knew about the knockout game. The prosecution alleges that Barrett showed them the tape and the investigator notified a uniformed officer across the street from the restaurant and fingered Barrett.

The video allegedly shows Barrett asking the victim, "How's it going, man?" Then there is an audible "loud smack" and the victim is shown falling to the ground. Barrett is caught laughing. He says "knockout" before he gets away his vehicle.

According to investigators other videos from Barrett's phone showed him using racial epithets and discussing working up the courage to play the knockout game. The complaint says that one video showing Barrett saying "That plan is to see if I were to hit a black person, would this be nationally televised?"

U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson said "Evidence of hate crimes will be vigorously investigated and prosecuted with the assistance of all our partners to the fullest extent of the law."

Barrett's attorney, George Parnham, said Barrett suffers from bipolar disorder and is on meds. Parnham said "When you start peeling back the layers of the onion and look at the mindset behind the action you soon realize there's a mental issue."

If convicted, Barrett faces 10 years in prison could be fined up to $250,000.