The Grand Rapids Police Department is investigating a weekend Assault and Battery case that has the potential to be classified as Ethnic Intimidation.
Early Sunday morning a taxi cab driver of East African decent flagged down a Grand Rapids police officer reporting he’d been assaulted several times by a rider yelling “Trump” during the attack.
Police returned to the location where the suspected attacker was dropped off. He was located, questioned and arrested for Assault and Battery.
In a news release, GRPD says “the suspect made discriminatory comments regarding the victim’s race.”
Detectives are asking for help. They want to talk with five female riders who were picked up in downtown Grand Rapids from The B.O.B. at the same time the suspect entered the cab. The women were dropped off at their destination while the suspect continued on with the cab driver. When it was time to pay the fare, that’s when the rider attacked the driver making discriminatory comments.
Patrick Center, WGVU News.
