US: Man facing hate crime charge for spraying anti-gay graffiti
A man from Southern California is facing felony hate crime charges, after officers caught him spray painting an anti-gay slur on campus buildings of his university.
23-year-old Anthony Garcia, of Huntinton Park, was chased on foot by police last Saturday, after police caught him spray painting anti-gay slurs onto campus buildings at the University of California, Berkeley.
The University of California Police confirmed that he had been arrested, and that he fell and cut his forehead during the chase.
Despite being caught on university grounds, Mr Garcia is not enrolled as a student at the school, reports Mercury News.
Not alone, a second suspect who got away, spray painted the graffiti onto two buildings and a tree, on the campus.
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