Arrest Made in Monday Afternoon Assault on a Man with a Bicycle “investigating this offense as potentially being motivated by hate or bias”

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From MPD:

“Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Second District announced an arrest has been made in reference to an Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (Bicycle) offense that occurred on Monday, June 24, 2019, in the 1100 block of 19th Street, Northwest.

At approximately 2:20 pm, the suspect and the victim were involved in a verbal altercation at the listed location. During the altercation, the suspect threatened the victim, struck the victim with a bicycle and made homophobic slurs towards the victim.

The suspect was apprehended by responding officers. No injuries were reported.

On Monday, June 24, 2019, 33 year-old Nehemiah Taylor, of Miami, FL, was arrested and charged with Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (Bicycle).

The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating this offense as potentially being motivated by hate or bias. The designation can be changed at any point as an investigation proceeds and more information is gathered. A designation as a hate crime by MPD does not mean that prosecutors will prosecute it as a hate crime. The Special Liaison Branch is assisting with this investigation.”