Four teenagers are facing potential hate crime charges after allegedly assaulting a group of people in Bellingham Friday.
Bellingham Police say that the teens, aged 14 to 17, began to whip a 26-year-old man with their t-shirts and use homophobic and racial slurs near the Granary Building.
Lieutenant Claudia Murphy told KIRO 7 the teens used more slurs when speaking to the victim’s friends and threatened to stab or shoot them. “It should not be easy to spew that kind of hate even at a young age,” Murphy said. “To have 14-year-olds espouse hate and to back that up with physical confrontation is very concerning for someone who’s that young.”
As the teens followed the man down the street, they even started to pick up rocks and started throwing them at the victim. Police say the man had injuries on his head and elbow consistent with having rocks thrown.It’s now up to the Whatcom County Prosecutors Office whether to file hate crime charges against them.
“That’s what crosses it over to the hate crime. Calling someone a bad name, while abhorrent, is not a crime in and of itself. There has to be either physical harm, the threat of physical harm, or property damage,” Murphy said.
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