One of two self-professed neo-Nazis from Washington state who was part of a group who allegedly assaulted a black DJ at a bar in Lynnwood was faces multiple charges, including harassment and assault.
According to charging documents, Guy Albert Miller III of Tacoma faces one count of malicious harassment, one count of harassment, and fourth-degree assault.
Miller is one of eight people, seven men and one woman, who were arrested over the weekend after police responded to a bar fight at the Rec Room Tavern. According to detectives, the group harassed and assaulted the DJ. An employee of the tavern who is Asian was also injured when he jumped in to help the DJ, according to the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office.
While it's unclear whether the attack was premeditated, Snohomish County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Shari Ireton says the suspects didn't hide their hate.
"Specifically, for the person who is from Snohomish County, we've had interactions with him several times. He is listed in our jail registry as a white supremacist," Ireton said. "The others had tattoos or clothing that would identify them as that, or they told patrol deputies. It was a combination of any of those three things."
The person she is referring to is a man from Bothell who, according to the county, was one of two who posted bail over the weekend and hasn't been charged.
Of the remaining group, four others - in addition to the man from Tacoma - were charged. One person was released over the weekend.
A Superior Court hearing is set for December 28 to determine if felony charges can be filed against the group.
Authorities believe the suspects were in the area to take part in what white supremacists call "martyr's day," which marks the day Robert Jay Mathews was killed in a shootout with FBI agents on Whidbey Island in 1984. Matthews led the domestic terror group The Order in the mid-1980s.