Investigators said they are examining
whether the beating of a postal carrier on Wednesday afternoon was
racially motivated. According to police, 21-year-old Shane Collins of
Modesto walked up to mail carrier Manjit Singh and hit him repeatedly.
"None of his mail was stolen. It was out of the blue," Sgt. Patrick
Sullivan said. Singh was taken to a Modesto hospital for treatment of
facial cuts and a possible broken nose, Sullivan said. Investigators
are examining whether the beating was race-driven, as the suspect is a
known member of a white supremacist gang, and the postal carrier is of
Asian Indian decent. Ceres investigators have forwarded their
information to the U.S. attorney’s office in Fresno; Collins may be
charged federally because the assault was on a government employee. [more]
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