A Bias-Motivated Crime

NGV would like to inform the community about an incident that occurred in Boulder, CO recently.  It is important for us to stay updated on issues that affect the Asian-American community, and face hardships together, IN SOLIDARITY.  Please feel free to comment on this post.

“Police arrested two juvenile males, both 13, on charges of harassment and a bias-motivated crime as a result of phone calls they made on April 27 to a female classmate’s cell phone. The suspects are accused of threatening to rape the girl and using sexually explicit and violent language to describe what they wanted to do to her. In one of the messages, one suspect told the girl she would die. The suspects indicated that they were targeting the victim because she is Asian-American. A third juvenile has been identified, but he is younger than the statutory age that would allow police to pursue criminal charges against him. School officials have been notified and have been involved in the investigation. The law prohibits the release of the police records in this case because the suspects are juveniles. The charges are misdemeanors.”