Korean men in Seattle targeted by attacker screaming 'I hate Chinese'

submitted by Nemacolin from nbcnews.com

all 1 comments
sorted by:
top
newinsightfulfun

[–]Nemacolin[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Iceberg, Goldberg, same thing.

*A Seattle man was charged with a hate crime for allegedly targeting several men of Korean descent on a downtown street, striking them and shouting "I hate Chinese," authorities said Thursday.

The incident happened on Christmas night when Aaron Charles Rowe, 30, came up to four men near the Pacific Place shopping center in the Emerald City, police said.

The men, visiting from California, Missouri and Korea, were worried about an "aggressive man who began following them," before "they took refuge in" a movie theater, according to a probable cause statement written by police.

When the men left that theater, the "ranting and raving" Rowe continued following them, screaming “I hate Chinese,” and “F---ing Chinese,” Seattle police Det. Patrick Michaud told NBC News.

Rowe then struck Sangpill Lee from behind before he got into the face of Chuhao Jia and "tapped" him "in the face with the back of his hand," according to the police statement.