Crime & Safety

Report: Bethesda Man Beaten 'for Trayvon Martin'

Police are investigating the incident as a hate crime, local news outlets reported.

A Bethesda man was attacked and robbed early Saturday morning in Adams Morgan, DC, by three men who beat him "for Trayvon Martin," WUSA 9 reported.

"Three black men approached an adult white male from behind while he was walking in the 1700 block of Euclid Street NW at 1:26 a.m. Saturday, police said," The Washington Post reported.

CBS News reported that the incident is being treated as a hate crime, police said.

Read more on the websites of WUSA 9, The Washington Post and CBS News.


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