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Eugene

(66,201 posts) Tue Dec 4, 2018, 04:20 PM Dec 2018

No hate crime charge for 'kill a Mexican' attack in Utah

Source: BBC

No hate crime charge for 'kill a Mexican' attack in Utah

3 December 2018

A legal loophole means a Utah man who allegedly battered a Latino father and son while shouting "I'm here to kill a Mexican" cannot be charged with a hate crime, say officials.

Alan Dale Covington, 50, is accused of brutally beating Jose Lopez, 51, and his son Luis, 18, with a metal bar.

Federal hate crime laws exist, but in Utah only non-serious assaults can be classified as hate crimes.

Police say Mr Covington's mental health issues complicate the situation.

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