Hometown Annapolis reports:
2 teens charged with hate crime — Spray painted KKK on Shady Side church bus
— “Two 15-year-old boys perpetrated a hate crime last week on a predominately black church in Shady Side, county police said yesterday.”
— “The boys, who police did not identify, confessed this week that they broke into a bus Sept. 10 parked outside St. Matthew’s United Methodist Church and spray painted the letters “KKK” the acronymn for the Ku Klux Klan, on a back window, police said.”
— “After consulting with prosecutors, police on Wednesday then charged each boy with one count each of destruction of property and hate crime.
— “Several county and community leaders yesterday denounced the boy’s alleged activities, saying the teens apparent bias against African American’s is not indicative of how the rest of the county’s residents feel.”