2 Oregon men among those charged with hate crimes over attack on Black DJ at Seattle-area bar
Updated Dec 19, 2020;
SEATTLE A federal grand jury indicted four men from Idaho, Oregon and Washington, accusing them of hate crimes and making false statements in the assault of a Black man at a suburban Seattle bar, authorities said Friday.
An investigation by the FBI and the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office of the incident two years ago at The Rec Room Bar & Grill in Lynnwood prompted the indictment.
Several men tried to take over a Black disc jockey’s audio equipment and beat him when he protested, The Seattle Times reported.
DOJ: Men from Oregon, Washington, Idaho indicted for racially motivated attack of Black man at bar
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