Police investigating brick thrown into East Austin home | The Blotter

28 July 2009 » race

The brick, thrown through a 4-year-old boy’s bedroom window, read “Keep Eastside Black. Keep Eastside Strong.” Police have not classified this incident as a hate crime, said Austin Police Sgt. Richard Stresing, because hate crimes target an individual specifically because of an identifying characteristic, like race. [Make sense.]

Police investigating brick thrown into East Austin home | The Blotter