Brutal beating in Iowa should be investigated as hate crime, NAACP says
Authorities in Iowa are investigating the alleged beating of a black man who local civil rights activists say appears to be the victim of a hate crime.
Speaking to reporters Wednesday, DarQuan Jones, 22, said he suffered a broken arm, a broken nose and five broken bones in his face after the alleged assault last weekend by multiple white men. "Why did it have to go this far, to where my life was almost taken?" Jones said.
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Kameron Middlebrooks, president of the Des Moines chapter of the NAACP, told NBC News that the incident occurred around 3 a.m. on May 16 after Jones arrived at his girlfriend’s townhouse south of central Des Moines.
When she didn’t answer the door, two white men approached Jones and accused him of burglary, said Middlebrooks, who is working with the family. “That’s when the assault started,” he said.
The men allegedly choked and punched Jones in the face while using racial epithets, Middlebrooks said. Jones initially tried to defend himself, but fled to a nearby field, Middlebrooks said.
The men caught up with Jones, Middlebrooks said, dragging him to a creek and shoving his head underwater.
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