32 arrested in string of racially motivated attacks

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After a lengthy investigation, the Denver Police Department has arrested 32 suspects alleged to be responsible for a string of violent, racially motivated attacks that terrorized downtown Denver over a four-month period.

According to Denver Police Chief Gerry Whitman, the dozens of attacks all occurred in the same manner. A group of four or five young black men would approach white and Latino men, shout racial insults, and then physically assault their victims, punching and kicking them.

Many of the attacks also resulted in the robbery of the victim.

Though no one was killed in the attacks, many victims suffered serious head injuries, broken noses, and shattered eye sockets.

Chief Whitman told reporters: "We have seen coordinated efforts before, but not by this large of a group.”

Despite the “coordinated effort,” and the danger posed to the citizens of Denver, police chose not to warn the public to the racial component of the rampage.

Most of the alleged assailants are gang members with either the Rollin' 60s Crips or the Black Gangster Disciples.

All have been charged with hate crimes, and some will face robbery charges as well.

Three additional suspects, Allen Ford, Torrence McCall and one juvenile, remain at large.

Similar patterns of attacks also occurred this past summer in Baltimore, MD, and Buffalo, NY.

 

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