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Spokane police make hate crime arrest after skinhead suspected of punching black man and shooting
Police make hate crime arrest after ‘skinhead’ suspected of punching black man and shooting his houseA 66-year-old black man was the victim of a seemingly random hate crime Sunday evening. His alleged attacker: a white man with a shaved head and the words “white power” tattooed on his leg.
Jason Edward Cooper, 32, is accused of shouting racial slurs at his neighbor Norris Cooley, punching him in the face and pointing a gun at his head before firing rounds into Cooley’s home where several people sat inside.
Cooper, along with 36-year-old Donald Lucas Prichard, were arrested late Monday night. They had first court appearances Tuesday afternoon, where they were charged with first-degree assault and malicious harassment.
The night of terror, detailed in court documents, started with a normal Sunday that turned violent as Cooley was berated and violently attacked for no reason other than the color of his skin, according to Spokane police.
Read more: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/oct/10/police-make-hate-crime-arrest-after-skinhead-suspe/