Last week, Blaze News reported that two young girls, just 11 and 13, were arrested for brutally assaulting a woman outside the Union Station in Washington, D.C., according to police.
Well, the police have rounded up four more girls in connection with the physical attack, and now all six juvenile suspects have been charged with hate crimes, police I said.
“They have to be charged and put into the system. And I said over and over, that doesn't mean diversion, and that doesn't mean supervisory programs that cannot be explained. That is, they can't be explained in the system. It's necessary.”
New arrests include a second 11-year-old woman, a second 13-year-old woman, and two women, ages 12 and 14. All four were charged with dangerous weapons and assault with riots, police said.
Additionally, detective investigations say the suspect may be motivated by hatred and prejudice, and police now say all six suspects have been charged with assaulting with dangerous weapons.
What is the background?
Police learned about the video of the attack circulating on social media on Wednesday, and detectives determined that one video had captured the attack on a woman outside Union Station, police said.
During the attack, multiple juvenile suspects approached the woman and repeatedly punched her, police said, adding that one suspect recorded a beatdown and encouraged other suspects to continue the attack. .
Police said the suspect assaulted another person who tried to intervene. WJLA-TV said In a video report, one suspect pushed people against the ground and punched them, while another suspect kicked them and dragged them with his hair. Police said the victims of the attack were not seriously injured.
Police have not said that the attack occurred, but a video report from the WJLA shows it happened on February 16th near the post office at the train station.
Police said anyone with information about the attack should call police on 202-727-9099 or text hints to the department's text hint line at 50411. It leads to arrest and prosecution of those responsible for the crime.
Something else?
Blaze News also reported last week about a viral video showing DC Metro Train Riders that the DC Metro Train Rider appears to be afraid of.
In response to both crimes involving teens in the country's capital, Mayor Muriel Bowser told WJLA Separate stories “They have to be billed and placed on the system. And I said again, that doesn't mean a shift, it doesn't mean an unexplainable supervision program. It's what we're saying in the system. It means you need them.”
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