{"id":45890,"date":"2021-07-08T00:06:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T06:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/woman-attacked-on-fourth-of-july-says-it-was-racially-motivated\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:28:13","slug":"woman-attacked-on-fourth-of-july-says-it-was-racially-motivated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/woman-attacked-on-fourth-of-july-says-it-was-racially-motivated\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman attacked on Fourth of July; says it was racially motivated"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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FARMINGTON \u2013 Farmington police are investigating a possible \u201cracially motivated\u201d battery against a Native American woman on Sunday.<\/p>\n

A Facebook post by a Farmington resident who knows the victim said the woman was walking on Main Street when two men and a woman \u201cjumped\u201d the victim \u201csaying something about white supremacy and Happy Independence Day (expletive).\u201d<\/p>\n

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This Facebook post detailed what happened to the Native American woman and asks for the public\u2019s help in identifying those involved.<\/span>Facebook screenshot<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Farmington Police Department spokeswoman Nicole Brown said three suspects got out of the car and started \u201cbattering\u201d the woman.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe expressed to the officer that she felt it was racially motivated because she is a Native American, and they said \u2018Happy Independence Day\u2019 to her as they battered her,\u201d Brown said.<\/p>\n

Brown said the victim believes she lost consciousness, and the responding officer saw evidence of an assault on the woman\u2019s body and on the street where it occurred.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe take these kinds of cases very seriously,\u201d Farmington Police Chief Steve Hebbe said. \u201cFPD detectives are fully investigating the incident.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the assault appears to be racially motivated, the police cannot declare it a hate crime. Rather, the district attorney would need to determine from police evidence if it is a hate crime and if so, the district attorney would file a request from the judge as a sentencing enhancement, Brown said.<\/p>\n

If the request is approved, then it would add time to the base sentence; however, that request cannot be made until all the evidence is gathered and the case is turned over to the district attorney.<\/p>\n

Because the assailants came from behind, the victim didn\u2019t have much information to describe her attackers.<\/p>\n

The investigation is ongoing, and anyone with information is asked to call the police at (505) 599-1068.<\/p>\n

mmitchell@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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