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The Pasadena Star-News, California
Dec 27 2014
Attack on interracial couple in Pasadena being investigated as hate crime
By Brian Day, San Gabriel Valley Tribune
PASADENA >> Police are seeking a man in connection with an unprovoked
attack on an interracial couple outside a Pasadena coffee shop, which
authorities are investigating as a hate crime, officials said.
A 29-year-old black woman and a 36-year-old man of Armenian descent,
both Glendale residents, were outside a Starbucks at Los Robles Avenue
and Colorado Boulevard about 7 p.m. when the attacker confronted them,
Pasadena police Lt. John Luna said.
"Without provocation, he made reference to the race of both victims,"
Luna said. "The suspect spat on the female victim and punched the male
victim."
The male victim sought his own medical treatment for a cut to his
lower lip, the lieutenant said. The woman wasn't hurt. The couple did
not report the crime to police until several hours later.
Luna said the suspect apparently objected to the man and woman being
of different races.
"Based on the fact that race was the provocation, we're investigating
it as a hate crime," he said.
Police described the suspect as a black man in his 20s, about 6 feet 2
inches tall and 190 pounds, with his hair in dreadlocks. He wore a red
jacket and blue jeans.
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/general-news/20141227/attack-on-interracial-couple-in-pasadena-being-investigated-as-hate-crime
From: Baghdasarian
Dec 27 2014
Attack on interracial couple in Pasadena being investigated as hate crime
By Brian Day, San Gabriel Valley Tribune
PASADENA >> Police are seeking a man in connection with an unprovoked
attack on an interracial couple outside a Pasadena coffee shop, which
authorities are investigating as a hate crime, officials said.
A 29-year-old black woman and a 36-year-old man of Armenian descent,
both Glendale residents, were outside a Starbucks at Los Robles Avenue
and Colorado Boulevard about 7 p.m. when the attacker confronted them,
Pasadena police Lt. John Luna said.
"Without provocation, he made reference to the race of both victims,"
Luna said. "The suspect spat on the female victim and punched the male
victim."
The male victim sought his own medical treatment for a cut to his
lower lip, the lieutenant said. The woman wasn't hurt. The couple did
not report the crime to police until several hours later.
Luna said the suspect apparently objected to the man and woman being
of different races.
"Based on the fact that race was the provocation, we're investigating
it as a hate crime," he said.
Police described the suspect as a black man in his 20s, about 6 feet 2
inches tall and 190 pounds, with his hair in dreadlocks. He wore a red
jacket and blue jeans.
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/general-news/20141227/attack-on-interracial-couple-in-pasadena-being-investigated-as-hate-crime
From: Baghdasarian