Florida Tourist Charged with Hate Crime, Told Asian Family to 'Go Back Where They Came from' After K
Florida Tourist Charged with Hate Crime, Told Asian Family to ‘Go Back Where They Came from’ After Kids Pet His Dog: Sheriff
Jerry Lambe - Yesterday 11:47 AM
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Wade Anton mugshot via Okaloosa Dept Corrections
A Texas man on vacation in the Florida panhandle this week is facing a hate crime charge after he allegedly verbally and physically assaulted a family of Asian descent using racist language, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) announced Friday.
According to the sheriff’s office, witnesses said that 54-year-old tourist Wade Anton told an Asian woman and her children to “go back where they came from” and uttered a racial slur during a verbal altercation that took place Thursday afternoon at Beasley Park on Okaloosa Island. A news release posted to the sheriff’s office official Facebook page said that Anton had been charged with “ a hate crime related battery.”
Anton reportedly told sheriff’s office deputies that the altercation began because the woman’s children were petting his dog. Anton said that he told the children to leave his dog along they ignored him. That’s when things escalated.
The woman’s husband told the sheriff’s office that Anton was approximately 25 feet away from his family when the verbal argument began, but then Anton “ran around the park railings and began punching [the husband] repeatedly.”
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