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Suspect told Democratic congressman, ‘We’re going to deport your kind’ before punching him in the face at Sundance, police say (www.the-independent.com)

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A 28-year-old Utah man is in custody after allegedly assaulting a Democratic congressman at a Sundance Film Festival event, telling him, “We are going to deport you and your kind,” police said.

Rep. Maxwell Frost tweeted on Saturday night that he had been attacked by a man “who told me that Trump was going to deport me before he punched me in the face. He was heard screaming racist remarks as he drunkenly ran off.”

Frost went on to thank the Park City police for arresting suspect Christian Joel Young.

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[–] El_guapazo@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

I'm pretty sure that meets the elements of a hate crime.