An 82-year-old pistillate was arrested for a suspected hatred crime and battle aft she allegedly punched 2 supporters of present President-elect Trump – with the enactment caught connected camera.
The incidental occurred connected Monday, Nov. 4 – 1 time earlier the wide predetermination – at an intersection successful Edmonds, Washington wherever a radical of Trump supporters were positioned.
The 82-year-old suspect, who was not publically identified by police, was accused of pushing and punching a 55-year-old pistillate and a 66-year-old pistillate aft getting into a verbal altercation, the Edmonds Police Department said successful a release.
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The pistillate allegedly confronted 2 Trump supporters based connected their tegument color, constabulary said. (Edmonds Police Department)
Police were dispatched soon aft 1 p.m. for reports of an assault.
They arrived to find an 82-year-old pistillate interacting with respective Trump supporters.
In constabulary assemblage camera footage, obtained by Fox News Digital, the 82-year-old fishy is heard explaining her actions to instrumentality enforcement.
"I approached her, and I said, ‘I privation to cognize wherefore you’re voting for Trump.' That’s the lone thing. And I said, ‘Because you’re brown-skinned.'" she said.
"I was a teacher, I hatred the racism successful this country. I hatred however radical are treated, and truthful my question was however a brownish idiosyncratic tin enactment this person," she said. "And she instantly started screaming, ‘racist, racist.’"
"And my effect was to propulsion her away. And it wasn't hard," she said. "I didn't assistance the situation."
Police said that the incidental happened 1 time earlier Election Day. (Edmonds Police Department)
During a consequent probe into the altercation, the 55-year-old pistillate told officers that the aged pistillate had "gotten into her face," commented connected her apparel and tegument color, and past pushed her and punched her connected the chin.
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A 2nd victim, a 66-year-old Edmonds woman, said erstwhile she saw what was happening, she intervened. The 82-year-old fishy responded by punching her arsenic well.
The Washington pistillate was arrested connected battle and hatred transgression charges. She was wearing a Harris-Walz pin. (Edmonds Police Department)
Officers said arsenic portion of their investigation, they interviewed aggregate radical who witnessed the incident.
The fishy was booked into the Snohomish County Jail for hatred transgression and assault. Police said that done the interview, the fishy showed "no remorse."
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"The constitution protects peaceful rallies successful our community, and assemblage members should ne'er beryllium met with unit portion exercising those rights. Our officers decently determined that this was much than conscionable an battle and arrested the fishy for the due charge," Edmonds Police Department Chief Michelle Bennett said.
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