"Juneau Police say a racially-fueled incident marred the
closing of an Alaska Native dance and culture festival on Saturday in
the state's capital city. The
incident happened at the end of Sealaska Heritage Institute's
Celebration 2014.
On Saturday morning
around 9:30, Native veterans were serving as flag bearers as they led a
parade through downtown Juneau. The vets formed a corridor on Willoughby
Avenue next to Centennial Hall for dancers to pass through as they
finished the parade. As they stood in place, a white man grabbed an American flag out of the
hands of a 67-year-old Native veteran located at the end of the parade
and began yelling "racial slurs" at the man and the crowd "and attempted
to spit on the flag," Juneau police reported.
Juneau police Lt. Kris Sell said her department doesn't know if the man
was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. No witnesses reported the
suspect as being visibly impaired, she said."
"....." from Alaska Dispatch
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