LINCOLN CITY, OREGON – Lincoln City police on the Oregon coast arrested seven men from Washington state on the 4th of July after getting reports of a group of people shooting off illegal fireworks and causing a disturbance with other people on the beach.
The first officers to arrive in an ATV were immediately surrounded by this group of about 10 men who began taunting the officers for seizing illegal fireworks and challenging them to fight.
Several other officers arrived on scene and learned that this same group of white people had been harassing a family of black people by yelling racial slurs at them, insulting them and using Nazi salutes towards them.
The officers formed a line between the group of white persons and the black family allowing the black family to safely leave the beach and return to their room.
After several more officers arrived on scene, they moved in on the confrontational and highly intoxicated group and began placing them under arrest for a variety of criminal charges including disorderly conduct, riot, harassment, possession of illegal fireworks and resisting arrest.
Six of the men were found to be from Clark County, Wash. The seventh man refused to provide his identification.