Document: Destruction of Property Offense Investigated as Potentially Hate or Bias Motivated

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The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is investigating a destruction of property offense that occurred on Dec. 12 as “potentially being motivated in whole or in part by hate or bias,” according to a press release.

Detectives are seeking the public’s help identifying suspects of the offense, who were captured by cameras.

At around 6:00 p.m., suspects removed and then destroyed a sign that was displayed on an establishment on the 1500 block of M Street, NW. They then fled the scene.

“A designation as a hate or bias-motivated crime by MPD does not mean that prosecutors will prosecute it as a hate crime,” the press release states.

The press release also states that “the designation can be changed at any point as an investigation proceeds and more information is gathered.”