A Bellingham Police Department vehicle is seen on a city street in 2015. The Herald cited court documents stating the students were walking north on Grand Avenue near the police station when a man approached them. spokeswoman Megan Peters told the Herald the man then pushed a student and said “Are you gonna talk to a white man like that?.” The man then allegedly punched the boy in the face.
According to the City of Bellingham, police have arrested a suspect and are investigating the attack as a hate crime.The suspect, as reported by the Herald, is a 42-year-old man who was being held in the Whatcom County Jail on suspicion of second-degree assault.Prosecutors and the boy’s father then asked the court to set the man’s bail at $1 million. The Herald posted an audio recording of the boy’s father, in court, explaining his reasoning behind the high bail amount.
Along with attending the hearing, Lund and Mertzig condemned hate and discrimination in a video posted to the city’s Facebook page.Mertzig said police quickly arrested the suspect. She also said the department has extended additional support to the boy’s family and Bellingham schools.
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