News Roundup for August 22, 2011
An African-American teen that he was the victim of a hate crime at a party in West Chicago, Ill. The victim alleges that three white teens approached him after they saw him talking to a white girl and then punched and kicked him repeatedly. He suffered a broken jaw, four missing teeth and cuts and bruises. Three men were charged with aggravated battery.
A California man has been of arson and hate crime charges for attempting to burn down a church. Prosecutors said Izad Chavoshan was disgruntled over the local church鈥檚 teachings on masturbation.
A missing child safe in Buncombe County, S.C., after his mother took him to avoid a custody order. The boy鈥檚 mother, Aiden Crawford, claims she does not recognize the court鈥檚 authority and espouses other beliefs common to the antigovernment 鈥渟overeign citizens鈥� movement.
A suspect alleged to be a skinhead in California for attacking a man armed with what is believed to be an ice pick or knife. The victim鈥檚 son called police and described two men fighting with his father; one had white supremacist tattoos.
