Seven ‘highly intoxicated’ men charged after ’taunting Black family on beach with racial slurs & Nazi salutes’
SEVEN "highly intoxicated" men were arrested on July 4 after they allegedly taunted a Black family with racial slurs and Nazi salutes.
Police said they responded to a call about on an beach near the Inn at Spanish Head Resort Hotel.
They later learned the same group of men had reportedly abused a Black person on the beach.
Seven men from Clark County, , were including riot, interfering with police, disorderly conduct, harassment, possession of illegal fireworks, and offensive littering.
Police said they formed a line of officers to protect the victims on the beach, giving them the ability to leave safely.
Several members of the group continued to taunt police, according to reports.
Police added that other members lit multiple illegal fireworks in front of the officers.
"The Black family advised they felt intimidated by the actions this group had displayed towards them," police said in a statement.
Gennadiy Kachankov, 20, Antoliv Kachankov, 28, Andrey Zaytsev, 28, Oleg Saranchuk, 25, Ruslan Tkachenki, 22, and Yuriy Kachankov, 30 were all arrested on Saturday before being released the following day.
Yuriy Kachankov was also charged with resisting arrest.
Police said six of the males arrested and released received criminal citations due to policies at the county jail.
A seventh individual reportedly refused to identify himself and was transported and booked into the Lincoln County Jail for fingerprint identification.