Crime & Justice

Police Allege Man Punched Sixth-Grader in Racist Hate Crime

‘ANGRY AND SHOCKED’

“Are you going to talk to a white man like that?” Paul Bittner, 42, allegedly asked the student before punching him in the face.

Brooke Leigh Howard
Brooke Leigh Howard 

Race and Identity Reporter

The Whatcom Middle School in Bellingham
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Brooke Leigh Howard

Brooke Leigh Howard

Race and Identity Reporter

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