2 men arrested for alleged hate crime after black man attacked in Spokane

[Ronin]

[quote]SPOKANE — Two men have been arrested in Spokane for an alleged hate crime after a black man was beaten and his home was the target of numerous gunshots.Jason Edward Cooper, 32, is accused of shouting racial slurs at Norris Cooley, 66, punching him in the face and pointing a gun at his head late Sunday night, police said. Cooley’s house was also peppered with eight or nine gunshots, police said.

Cooper and Donald Lucas Prichard, 36, were arrested on Monday. They appeared in court on Tuesday where they were charged with first-degree assault and malicious harassment, which is the state’s hate crime ordinance. They remain in the Spokane County Jail.

“The victim of the shooting was a black/African American male,” police said in a news release. “One suspect had called him racial slurs, punched him in the face, and threatened him with a gun.”

“This guy just came over here, saying that black lives don’t matter, only white lives matter,” Fisher said.
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They were supposed to have had their arraignment hearing today, which will tell us exactly what they have been charged with. Stay tuned for further details.

[Tudd Fudders]

They had some community members come out and talk on the issue.

[url]http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/oct/11/community-leaders-denounce-racism-and-violence-fol/[/url]

Pathetic how openly these guys did what they did.