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Two California men will stand trial for a hate crime after allegedly doing a series of burnouts on a Santa Cruz street that damaged a Black Lives Matter mural in July.
Brandon Bochat, 20, and Hagan Warner, 19, will face felony vandalism and reckless driving with a hate crime enhancement after they admitted to vandalizing the Center Street mural on July 23, but they have denied any racial motivation, the Santa Cruz Sentinel reported.
The article goes on to state the following:
Santa Cruz PD officer Elliot Rock told the court Wednesday that both men said their anger was directed toward the Black Lives Matter movement, not Black people, the Sentinel reported. Their lawyers have opposed the hate crime enhancement, arguing that Black Lives Matter is not a protected class.
Bochat’s attorney, Micha Rinkus, told the Sentinel, “BLM is not a protected group, it is a political organization. It is a very of the moment, very important and very popular movement right now. If this act was done towards animus of a racial group, that is one thing. The act was political.”
Jeffrey Stotter, Warner’s attorney, reportedly said that his client’s actions were fueled by alcohol and “stupidity,” not racism.
Santa Cruz County Prosecutor Michael Mahan claims the act was prat of an “ongoing pattern” after reportedly showing a video of both defendants with other boys who were yelling “White power” and giving Nazi salutes on Bochat’s social media.
“To say this is them being boys doing something stupid truly minimizes what happened. There are other ways to make a political statement,” Mahan said, according to the report.
Suspected Santa Cruz BLM mural vandals set to face hate crime in January https://t.co/zqmETncVDZ
— Santa Cruz Sentinel (@scsentinel) December 16, 2021
The Dist. Atty. has filed felony vandalism charges along with a hate crime enhancement against Hagan Warner and Brandon Bochat for intentionally defacing the BLM mural on Center St, in Santa Cruz with a truck. pic.twitter.com/CtqTkRoX1t
— Phillip Gomez (@KSBWPhil) July 28, 2021
Santa Cruz police arrested Brandon Bochat (20 year old Santa Cruz) and Hagan Warner (19 year old Boulder Creek) for Felony Vandalism and Conspiracy to Commit a Felony. Police say both Bochat and Warner took turns driving the vehicle during the vandalism. https://t.co/LAwYF4wZfg pic.twitter.com/G72lSl8W1K
— Christopher Salas (@ChristopherS_DC) July 25, 2021
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But it’s no problem if you want to burn the flag of the United States.
Bull, writing on the road by blm was against the law also why wasn’t the people prosecuted for vandalism our statutes
I guess it depends if your a democrat or Republican, this shit needs to stop
What a joke
Yes, BLM can destroy , burn and murder , but graffiti is a hate crime.
I call BS.
Oh wait!!! You arrest the guy who burned down the Christmas tree in front of Fox News and he was released WITH NO BAIL!! But u want to arrest 2 kids for peeling out on blm on the street? THAT MURAL IS NOT ART! ITS POLITICAL! And nobody gives a crap about the corrupt two faced organization
So only black lives matter in the US now then that means all those white people in power right now like biden and Pelosi don’t matter and need to be removed immediately. Two can play thos game .
Why is there a Mural for a terrorist organization?
AND how much history has been destroyed or vandalized by blm the culture of hate?? You ever going to wake up trolls?
But it’s okay for BLM to vandalize and be hateful…
Oh, but BLM would get a free pass for anything though….FJB. FJB. FJB!
Kill blm now!!!
I applaud them. Do they need bail $$$?
So a black man can purposely hit 30+ people and kill 9 white people and that isn’t even considered a hate crime🤬
But it’s okay to drive your truck through 68 people , kill 8 and its okay if you’re not white. Total bull shit.
Didn’t no there was such hate with pavement
What a JOKE…
Jussie Smollett actually perpetrated a hate crime Where is his charge?…
Racism exists in the black community
And it appears if we don’t take America back. This crap will continue.
What about those they murdered The 7 yr old black girl in Atlanta Or the young black man they shot in Portland Or the young white pregnant woman they beat to death.
Or the towns they burned or the statues they destroyed
Folks it’s going to have to be game on Against the BLM and the judges who allow this
Who ever said the laws were made just for white people to have to abide by ? And the facts are Blacks do more crime than white people That’s why the prisons are full. Not because white people get off. Do your homework. This is the hate group that should be labeled domestic terrorists. When the stuff hits the fan. Well it’s going to be over.
No the mural is a hate crime. Needs to go