Two Delaware women allegedly seen in a viral video attacking and stealing the hat of a young President Trump supporter with his mother last month have been charged with hate crimes.
A New Castle County, Delaware, grand jury indicted Olivia Winslow and Camryn Amy, both 21, on Tuesday on charges of second-degree robbery, second-degree conspiracy, endangering the welfare of a child, third-degree assault, attempted third-degree assault, offensive touching, and felony hate crimes, according to Delaware News Journal.
Last month, a viral video showed a 7-year-old boy named Riley being accosted by two women in what appeared to be an attack solely based on the pro-Trump hat the boy was wearing while waiting to eat dinner outside of the Democratic National Convention in Delaware.
The women can be seen shouting at the young boy, stealing his hat, and then throwing the hat over a fence. The boy’s mother says she was “punched in the face” multiple times during the incident.
Outside the DNC Convention tonight, radical leftists attacked a 7 year old boy.
Why?
Because he was simply showing his support for President @realDonaldTrump.
Truly shameful.pic.twitter.com/rBFzlg2WFu
— Students For Trump (@TrumpStudents) August 21, 2020
‘Violence in any form is unacceptable, but harming another person — let alone a child — because of the expression of their views betrays the principles on which our country was founded,” Delaware’s Democratic Attorney General Kathleen Jennings said about the incident.”Free speech, free assembly, and free expression are sacred, no matter whether we agree with the opinions expressed, and especially when we don’t.”
Three of the seven charges the two women face are felonies and all of the charges combined could result in up to 15 years in prison, with the hate crime charges carrying the most weight.
