UNION GAP, Wash. (AP) — A man who attacked a car with a Hispanic family inside at Union Gap told police he hates Mexicans.
Police say the man hurled a can of beer at their car Saturday as they drove by him near the entrance to a restaurant. Police say he followed the car to the parking lot, pounded on the driver’s side window until it broke and bit the father.
Police arrested 30-year-old Peter M. Weller, a transient who is white.
The Yakima Herald-Republic reports (http://bit.ly/oczakB ) Weller said he became upset with the family after he thought they were going to pull over and give him a ride. He said wants to kill Mexicans and accused the father of being a member of the “Mexican mafia.”
He’s jailed for investigation of malicious harassment.
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Information from: Yakima Herald-Republic, http://www.yakimaherald.com
