Two women are charged with hate crimes for stealing a MAGA hat from a terrified seven-year-old boy and throwing it over the wall outside the DNC
Two women are facing hate crime charges after confronting a seven-year-old boy and his Trump-supporting mother outside the Democratic National Convention in Delaware, and seizing a 'Make America Great Again' hat.
The pair were caught on camera on August 20 in Wilmington - a few hundred feet from where Joe Biden gave his DNC acceptance speech that night.
They were arrested on August 23.
On Tuesday a grand jury in Delaware indicted Olivia Winslow and Camryn Amy, both 21, on felony charges of robbery, conspiracy and hate crimes and a misdemeanor charge of endangering the welfare of a child.
Amy also was indicted on misdemeanor charges of assaulting a man who tried to retrieve the hat, attempting to assault his mother, and offensive touching of the boy.
Camryn Amy (left) and Olivia Winslow (right), both 21, are accused of attacking a Trump-supporting woman and her seven-year-old son after the DNC in Delaware on August 20
The indictment accuses the women of committing the crimes 'for the purpose of interfering with the victim's free exercise or enjoyment of any right, privilege or immunity protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, or committed said crime because the victim had exercised or enjoyed said right or rights.'
Kathleen Jennings, Delaware attorney general, said that Winslow and Amy's actions were un-American.
'Violence in any form is unacceptable, but harming another person - let alone a child - because of the expression of their views betrays the principles on which our country was founded,' she said.
Jennings is a Democrat, who has joined in several lawsuits against the Trump administration.
'Free speech, free assembly, and free expression are sacred, no matter whether we agree with the opinions expressed, and especially when we don't,' she said.
The video of the incident went viral after being posted online by Students for Trump.
In the clip the two women were seen damaging signs supporting Trump and taking a red MAGA hat.
Amy was caught on camera trying to rip up a Trump sign outside the DNC
Winslow is caught on camera picking the cap up off the floor at the beginning of the clip
'Get it Liv, get it,' Amy tells Winslow, who picks up the hat from the ground and throws it.
The mother is heard saying: 'Get your hat back, baby.'
The boy chases after the two women, saying: 'That's somebody else's hat.'
Amy then picks it up again and walks away with it.
'Mom, call 911,' the frightened boy says.
The video later shows Amy apparently punching a man who tried to get the hat back, before she throws it over a fence.
Amy then approaches and confronts the woman shooting the video, which abruptly ends.
It was not immediately clear whether either is still in custody.
Amy then is given the cap, and marches off, ignoring the child's request to have the cap back
Amy was confronted by passersby, and refused to hand the cap over
In the video, Amy is seen apparently throwing a punch at a man who tried to get the hat back
Two women are charged with hate crimes for stealing a MAGA hat from a terrified seven-year-old boy and throwing it over the wall outside the DNC
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