More than a dozen people, including several members of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, were indicted this week on hate crime charges and for assault following an attack on three Black men in San Diego last June, USA Today reports.
San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan said in a press release on Monday that 17 defendants have been indicted by a grand jury for participating in an attack on three African American men ages 19, 20, and 21 that occurred "virtually out of nowhere — possibly because one of the men spoke to a biker's girlfriend."
According to prosecutors, the three men were repeatedly called racial slurs and were "told they didn't belong in the neighborhood." One of the three ran and managed to escape without being injured, but two victims were severely beaten, one being knocked unconscious and the other being stabbed in the chest allegedly by a "longtime Hells Angels leader, Troy Scholder."
Stephan said in a statement: "In San Diego County, we cannot, and will not tolerate violence and racism of any nature, much less crimes like this hateful, vicious, and unprovoked attack. It is a testament to the cooperation and coordination of our law enforcement partners, working closely with our Gangs Division, that these defendants were identified and are being brought to face justice."
There are 14 defendants indicted for assault likely to cause great bodily injury and with gang affiliation, and 11 of them face hate crime charges. Three additional defendants were indicted after allegedly helping Scholder flee to a Hells Angels Clubhouse in El Cajon, California.
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