NEWS
Black Lives Matter activist from Seattle charged with anti-Asian hate crime
By
Natalie O'Neill
April 14, 2021 | 8:53pm
Christopher Hamner has allegedly attacked three Asian-American women.Facebook
A Black Lives Matter activist from Seattle has been arrested — for an alleged anti-Asian hate crime, according to reports.
Christopher Hamner, 51, who is black, was charged with allegedly attacking three Asian-American women in two separate incidents last month,
according to KIRO 7.
In the first incident on March 16, Hamner allegedly shouted “Asian b—h!” at a Chinese-American mom, who was driving with her two children, before punching his fists together in a menacing motion and demanding that she get out of the car, according to the local news outlet.
The mother, Pamela Cole, says she snapped photos of Hammer and he then drove off.
“The moment he made eye contact with me he stopped, opens his door and he’s screaming, ‘F—k you, you Asian b—h. F—k you!’ and I was in complete shock. Are you talking to me?” Cole told KIRO 7.