Police records point to inconsistencies in Riaz Khan’s assault claim
MUKILTEO—The Lynnwood Times followed up with State Representative Republican candidate Riaz Khan on how he is coping following what he claims was an attack by two politically and racially motivated individuals during the early morning of Tuesday, October 29 at the intersection of Goat Trail Road and Mukilteo Speedway. The Lynnwood Times also obtained 911 […]
Feds and CAIR now involved in politically-motivated hate crime against State Rep candidate
MUKILTEO—The Mukilteo Police Department have launched an investigation with federal partners to get to the bottom of the alleged assault on State Representative candidate Riaz Khan on Highway 525 and Goat Trail Road on Tuesday, October 29. Khan claims he was surveying his campaign signs early in the morning Saturday when two White males, aged […]
Muslim Republican candidate brutally assaulted in politically motivated attack
MUKILTEO—The intersection of Highway 525 and Goat Trail Road in Old Town Mukilteo, became a scene of a politically motivated attack against former Mukilteo City Councilman and current Republican candidate for the Washington State House of Representatives, 21st Legislative District, Riaz Khan. “You fucking foreigners, you come to America, you son of a bitch,” Khan […]
WA man sentenced 11 years in prison for hate crime attacks on Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Halls
A Washington man was sentenced on October 18 to 11 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for federal civil rights and firearms offenses in connection with four attacks that damaged or destroyed several Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Halls in western Washington. Mikey Diamond Starrett, also known as Michael Jason Layes, 52, of […]
Bipartisan bill making Holocaust education compulsory introduced
OLYMPIA—Senate Republican Leader John Braun (R-Centralia) and Senator Jesse Salomon (D-Shoreline) introduced legislation on December 15 requiring Holocaust education within schools to combat the rise of antisemitic sentiments in Washington. “The urgency for this bill was created by the attack on Israel on October 7 and the subsequent pro-Hamas demonstrations, increases in antisemitism, and even […]
Statement condemning anti-Asian hate crimes
By Dave Somers, Snohomish County Executive | Press Release Snohomish County, Wash., March 17, 2021 – There has been an increase in anti-Asian hate crimes in the United States, including in our own community, and the horrible murders in Georgia yesterday should make us all more determined than ever to work for an end to […]
