Seven men and one woman were arrested Saturday in Lynnwood on charges of assault, hate crimes and others, according to a Snohomish County Sheriff’s press release . A group of eight white supremacists in Washington state are under investigation by the FBI for hate crimes, accused of brutally attacking a black DJ over the weekend during an annual celebration of a white supremacist “martyr” who died in the ’80s. The Sheriff’s Office is partnering with the FBI in hopes of getting the strongest sentencing possible for these hate crimes,” said Sheriff Ty Trenary in a statement. He was the leader of the white separatist group The Order, killed during a shootout with the FBI in the state in 1984. Each suspect was booked on charges that included assault, harassment and malicious harassment, Washington state’s hate crime law.

Source: Huffington Post December 11, 2018 17:48 UTC