Two men were arrested and charged with a hate crime over the alleged assault of a couple they encountered late on April 5, according to Connecticut police.
Ryan Eustace and Ryley Haddock, both 28 years old, allegedly assaulted a man of Indian descent and his girlfriend as they were walking at about midnight on Center Street in Southington, a town of 43,000 residents near the center of the state.
Police arrested the men at the scene and determined that they assaulted the man because of his Indian heritage.
Police say the two men made derogatory statements and racial slurs against the man before they assaulted the couple.
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Eustace allegedly began the altercation by punching the man in the face, and Haddock joined in the assault. After
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