Man Says Youths Beat Him as Part of Racially Motivated Attack

A white man said he was beaten by a group of African-American youths who used racially derogatory terms during the assault.

Kansas City Police said the 50-year-old man suffered a fractured hip and other injures. {snip}

The man told police that he was walking home from the store when a group of six youths approached him. He said the youth asked for directions but that encounter quickly turned violent.

He said they jumped him and kicked him and punched him. Police said the man was not robbed.

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