A white man was charged with a
hate crime after he allegedly punched a Black sixth-grade boy in
Bellingham,
Washington, while the
student was on a field trip.
Paul Jonathan Bittner, 42, was booked in Whatcom County jail on June 12 on charges of assault of a child in the second degree and malicious harassment,
a hate crime offense in Washington,
booking records show. His bail was set at $500,000.
Court records, obtained by
The Bellingham Herald, revealed that the unnamed 11-year-old suffered a chipped tooth.
Students were walking to the Pickford Film Center on a field trip when “a community member physically assaulted and used racist comments towards one of our students,” the Whatcom Middle School principal Mischelle Darragh said in a statement.
“Are you gonna talk to a white man like that?” the man asked the 11-year-old, according to police
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Tell me was this racist coward playing the KO game.
Let's see how many come to defend this racist coward.