Two Patriot Front Members Arrested For Defacing Washington Pride Mural
Two white supremacists who were arrested in Idaho last month are now charged with a crime in neighboring Washington relating to vandalism.
Prosecutors say that hate crime charges could be on the way.The men have been charged with defacing a community mural in Olympia, and other arrests are expected, The News Tribune reports.
A video of the vandalism taken on October 16, 2021, led police to identify 20-year-old Spencer Thomas Simpson and 23-year-old Colton Michael Brown as suspects.
Authorities say both men are known members of the Patriot Front. The group is a white nationalist hate group, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.The men have been charged with the misdemeanor crime of aiding and abetting graffiti.“I appreciate the work of the investigators, and the community members who stepped forward to assist in the investigation,” Olympia Police Chief Rich Allen said in a news release. “Acts like these have no place in Olympia.
