Seven ‘highly intoxicated’ men charged after ’taunting Black family on beach with racial slurs & Nazi salutes’
Seven “highly intoxicated” white men were arrested on July 4 after they reportedly taunted and challenged a black family, yelling racial slurs and using Nazi salutes towards them.
During Independence day celebrations on an Oregon beach, police responded to the waterfront in front of the Inn at Spanish Head Resort Hotel due to reports of highly intoxicated people setting off illegal fireworks.
Upon arrival, officers were allegedly surrounded by a group of 10 people who began “taunting and challenging” them, Daily Mail reported.
They later learned the same group of white men had taunted and challenged a black family using racial slurs, insults and Nazi salutes towards them.
Seven men from Clark County Washington were arrested on several charges including riot, interfering with police, disorderly conduct, harassment, possession of illegal fireworks and offensive littering.
Police said they formed a line of officers to protect the victims on the beach, giving them the ability to leave safely.
Several members of the group continued to taunt and challenge police.
Police added that other members lit multiple illegal fireworks in front of the officers.
“The black family advised they felt intimidated by the actions this group had displayed towards them,” police said in a statement.
Gennadiy Kachankov, 20, Antoliv Kachankov, 28, Andrey Zaytsev, 28, Oleg Saranchuk, 25, Ruslan Tkachenki, 22 and Yuriy Kachankov, 30 were all arrested Saturday before being released Sunday, July 5.
Yuriy Kachankov was also charged with resisting arrest.
Police said six of the males arrested and released received criminal citations due to coronavirus policies at the county jail.
A seventh individual reportedly refused to identify himself and was transported and booked into the Lincoln County Jail for fingerprint identification.