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A white woman called the police about a black 14-year-old boy in Washington state, accusing him of pushing her in a park. Instead, police charged her after multiple witnesses said she was the aggressor
A Washington state woman has been charged with a hate crime after she allegedly tried to pin the attack on a Black Latino teenager at whom she allegedly shouted racial slurs and slurs.
Jennifer Vincent faces charges of malicious harassment, hate crime, fourth-degree assault and resisting arrest in reference to the Oct. 25 incident.
According to court documents obtained by her, Vincent, who’s white, called police at Pioneer Park in Puyallup, Washington, that day to report that she had been attacked by a 14-year-old boy. KING5News.
When officers arrived at the park, multiple witnesses told them Vincent was the aggressor.
Several people told police that Vincent “screamed racist and derogatory statements” at the teenager and “other Latinos.”
Court documents say the teenager Vincent called 911 told officers that Vincent approached a family celebrating their daughter’s quinceañera at the park and “told them to go back to their country.”
Vincent then allegedly approached the teen and the group he was with and repeated the same statements. According to reports, she “told him to go back to where he came from and he’s not allowed in this country” after which pushed him. Court documents say the teen responded by pushing her away.
Witness statements were consistent with the teen’s version of events, and other people also told officers that Vincent called the teen a “bean” and used the N-word. Fox13 Seattle.
Court records show Vincent was uncooperative with responding officers. Upon arrival, she screamed, refused to reply questions and repeatedly asked for medical attention, though she was walking normally and gave the impression to be unhurt, in accordance with court records.
One of the officers suspected that he was affected by a mental crisis and called a paramedic to the scene, who noticed that Vincent had a history of affected by post-traumatic stress disorder.
When police decided that they had grounds to arrest Vincent, court documents show she resisted multiple officers and accused one of them of attempting to harm her. She can be accused of attempting to pinch one of the officers on the leg.
Vincent was taken to the hospital after which booked into the county jail. During a visit to hospital, doctors found that she had “internal bruising to her back – this was partly due to what she had complained about earlier when she said she had pre-existing injuries, and partly because she had to be checked by officers during her nearly one minute of resisting and fighting with police,” according to the charges documents.
She made her first court appearance on Monday, where a judge set her bail at $10,000 and ordered her to not contact any witnesses or the alleged victim.
He is scheduled to return to court on November 25.