Mother Says Son Attacked As 'Jesus Hater'
Woman Says Boy Targeted Because She Is A Witch
Posted: 4:39 pm PDT September 28, 2004Updated: 5:14 pm PDT September 28, 2004
TACOMA, Wash. -- Police are investigating an attack on a middle school student as a possible hate crime because the child's mother says she is a witch, KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reported.
The 11-year-old boy was walking home from Jason Lee Middle School in Tacoma on Monday when a group of children allegedly called him a "Jesus hater", threw rotten apples at him and shouted profanities, said Kathie McKnight, the boy's mother.McKnight, who said she is a practicing Wiccan, said her faith made her son the target of a hate crime."He was calling my son 'Jesus hater' and saying all witches should be burned right before the apples were thrown at him," she said. "So it was very much based on religion."A Tacoma police spokesman told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News the case is being handled by the department's hate crime specialists.
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