Video of Iraq war veteran Chris Marquez being brutally beaten over 'black lives matter' released
- 8 years ago
WASHINGTON — Police have released disturbing video showing an Iraq war veteran being brutally beaten and robbed in Washington, D.C. in what the victim described as a "racially motivated attack."
The incident happened at a McDonald's in the 900 block of E Street NW. Former U.S. Marine Christopher Andrew Marquez was eating in a back corner of the restaurant when a group of at least four black teens and young men approached him.
They were loud and once they surrounded his table they started arguing with him. They asked if he believed black lives mattered, Marquez told police.
Marquez said they surrounded his table and started arguing with him. They asked him if "black lives matter," and when he ignored them, they called him racist.
When Marquez left the restaurant, one of the young men hit him in the back of his head, with what might have been a handgun. He was knocked unconscious and his attackers, he says, stole bank cards and US$400 that were inside his wallet.
Marquez was later treated at a hospital for head trauma and an eye contusion.
Marquez, currently a student at American University, served eight years in the Marines, and was deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan. A recipient of the Bronze Star, he ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2014 in California.
Washington, D.C. police have identified three people as persons of interest in the crime and are seeking the public's assistance in identifying and locating them.
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The incident happened at a McDonald's in the 900 block of E Street NW. Former U.S. Marine Christopher Andrew Marquez was eating in a back corner of the restaurant when a group of at least four black teens and young men approached him.
They were loud and once they surrounded his table they started arguing with him. They asked if he believed black lives mattered, Marquez told police.
Marquez said they surrounded his table and started arguing with him. They asked him if "black lives matter," and when he ignored them, they called him racist.
When Marquez left the restaurant, one of the young men hit him in the back of his head, with what might have been a handgun. He was knocked unconscious and his attackers, he says, stole bank cards and US$400 that were inside his wallet.
Marquez was later treated at a hospital for head trauma and an eye contusion.
Marquez, currently a student at American University, served eight years in the Marines, and was deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan. A recipient of the Bronze Star, he ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2014 in California.
Washington, D.C. police have identified three people as persons of interest in the crime and are seeking the public's assistance in identifying and locating them.
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