Two white men arrested on hate crime charges after terrorizing black woman at Louisiana Walmart – Essence

Two white men have finally been arrested after being accused of harassing and terrorizing a black woman in what authorities are calling a hate crime. Dylan Reynolds and Micahel Walters were wanted on hate crime charges stemming from an incident that occurred Nov. 29 at a Walmart in West Monroe, Louisiana. reports. According to the report, police were called in reference to a disturbance and property damage issue, and once they arrived, they found that the victim, a black woman, had been “intimidated while exiting the store in the parking lot…for no apparent reason.” The unidentified woman was accosted by Reynolds and Walters as she was exiting the Walmart and loading her belongings into her automotive. In the car parking zone, the men allegedly yelled at the woman and called her a “nigger.” The woman tried to flee in her automotive, but one in all the 2 men chased her on foot, pushing an empty shopping cart. He then allegedly used a shopping card to hit the back of the woman’s automotive when she slowed down for “speed bumps” within the car parking zone near the doorway to the constructing, the police report noted. The woman’s automotive was damaged, costing her greater than $1,000 in repairs, and police also said her safety was threatened “while driving away from the two aggressors.” After allegedly damaging the woman’s automotive, the men fled in a dark gray Dodge Ram 2500 pickup truck. The incident was captured on store surveillance footage. Both men were arrested and booked into the Ouachita Correction Center Thursday evening. Bail was set at $20,000 for every man Friday, reports.