The man accused in Friday’s attack on a gas station employee in Southeast Portland involving anti-Muslim slurs and death threats has been charged with multiple counts of bias crime, officials said.
Cellphone video shows the suspect, 43-year-old Brian Christopher Miller, yelling anti-Muslim slurs and threatening to kill the 68-year-old Afghan-American worker
Man faces bias crime charges after Portland store employee harassed By Associated Press
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PORTLAND A man is facing several charges in connection with an attack on a convenience store worker in Portland.
Police say on Friday Brian Christopher Miller yelled anti-Muslim slurs and threatened to kill the 68-year-old gas station worker, who is Muslim and emigrated from Afghanistan, KGW-TV reported.
The employee recorded the attack on his cellphone as he called 911, police said. In the video released by police, Miller can be seen yelling at the worker for several minutes.
Miller shoved a food case at the victim, threw things and stole items, police said.
Man faces bias crime charges after store employee harassed
January 26, 2021 GMT
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) A man is facing several charges in connection with an attack on a convenience store worker in Portland.
Police say on Friday Brian Christopher Miller yelled anti-Muslim slurs and threatened to kill the 68-year-old gas station worker, who is Muslim and emigrated from Afghanistan, KGW-TV reported.
The employee recorded the attack on his cellphone as he called 911, police said. In the video released by police, Miller can be seen yelling at the worker for several minutes.
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It wasn’t immediately known if Miller has a lawyer to comment on the case.
A 43-year-old man was arrested Friday after allegedly berating a Southeast Portland gas station employee with anti-Muslim slurs, throwing items at the worker and threatening to kill him.