Story out of St. Louis, Missouri:
Police arrested two men Friday night after they were reported throwing eggs and shouting racial slurs at a woman waiting at a bus stop.
The suspects were identified as Jesse Reed, and David Ragain, Both men are 30 years old.
"These weren't two white teenagers on a joy ride," said St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson.
Reed and Ragain face charges of "assault motivated by discrimination," a third-degree felony
According to police, the two men shouted slurs and threw eggs at an African-American woman waiting at a bus stop on South Grand Boulevard near Chippewa Street around 11 p.m. Friday. Charges say other African-Americans waiting at bus stops along the same route also reported being struck by eggs within minutes of the woman being hit.
Authorities found the men by using video surveillance and license plate scanners to trace a white minivan police said was involved. Ragain and Reed were in the minivan. Cont.
Story from - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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