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Oregon man pleads guilty to hate crime after assaulting Black man at Lynnwood bar in 2018
An Oregon man on Monday pleaded guilty in court to a hate crime and making false statements to FBI agents after being charged for participating in an assault on a Black man at a Lynnwood bar in December 2018, according to a release from Nick Brown, the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington. Randy Smith, 42, admitted in court that he was a member of a white supremacist support group when the assault occurred. Officials said on the day of the assault, Smith entered the bar with others, including fellow support group members and members of a higher-level white supremacist group.