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2011-03-18 "3 charged in 'white power' attack in S.F." by Henry K. Lee from "San Francisco Chronicle" newspaper
[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/03/17/BAKK1IE1LR.DTL]
Three men have been charged with assault and hate crimes for allegedly yelling "white power" while attacking two men from Mexico in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood, authorities said Thursday.
Robert Allen, 38, Anthony Weston, 32, and Justin Meskan, 29, all of San Francisco, assaulted the two men outside a bar on O'Farrell Street on Nov. 10, prosecutors said. The defendants yelled "white power" during the attack, during which one victim was knocked to the ground and punched and kicked until he lost consciousness, authorities said.
The second victim was attacked when he tried to help the first one, who was hospitalized, investigators said.
Prosecutors said no words were exchanged between the two groups of men, and that the attack apparently was unprovoked.
All three defendants pleaded not guilty Thursday in Superior Court to charges of assault, battery and enhancements alleging that the attack was a hate crime and caused great bodily injury.