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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Jun 17, 2024, 12:43 PM Jun 2024

Bellingham sixth grader allegedly punched by man in racist attack

A Bellingham sixth grader allegedly was attacked by a man who was spewing racist comments Wednesday.

According to a post on the City of Bellingham’s Facebook page, the assault happened during a school field trip. The Bellingham Herald reported the 11-year-old boy was punched in the face because of his race.

The Herald cited court documents stating the students were walking north on Grand Avenue near the police station when a man approached them. Bellingham Police Department (BPD) 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.

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According to the City of Bellingham, police have arrested a suspect and are investigating the attack as a hate crime.

https://mynorthwest.com/3962612/bellingham-6th-grader-punched-by-man-alleged-racist-attack/

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Bellingham sixth grader allegedly punched by man in racist attack (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2024 OP
Sounds like the kind of thing that has been happening more or less continuously since Trump oozed into the White House. Aristus Jun 2024 #1

Aristus

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1. Sounds like the kind of thing that has been happening more or less continuously since Trump oozed into the White House.
Mon Jun 17, 2024, 12:54 PM
Jun 2024

I remember right after the election in 2016, some asshole was going around ripping the hijabs off of Muslim women and shouting "That ain't allowed n'more!", as if he had permission to do something so awful like that. Trumpsters think they have just such permission to be as awful as their squalid cult leader.

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