Donald Trump Inspired Beating of Homeless Latino, Police Say


Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is pictured at a news conference near the U.S.-Mexico border outside of Laredo, Texas Two brothers from Boston who allegedly assaulted a homeless Hispanic man claimed they were inspired to do it by the nativist rhetoric of Donald Trump, police said.

Scott and Steve Leader pleaded not guilty Wednesday to assault charges with a dangerous weapon, indecent exposure and making threats, the Boston Globereports, after they urinated on a sleeping homeless man and beat him with a metal pole. Police say Scott Leader told them it was alright to beat the man as he was homeless and a Latino. “Donald Trump was right, all these illegals need to be deported,” Scott allegedly said.

http://time.com/4004579/donald-trump-homeless-hispanic-crime/