BOULDER, Colo.-
Police were investigating two weekend assaults as possible hate crimes.
Two men were accused of attacking a 23-year-old man early Sunday after making derogatory comments about his sexuality as he walked with his arm around another man, police said.
On Saturday, a 19-year-old man was punched and kicked in the face, and police were investigating whether the attack was racially motivated. It wasn’t clear if any arrests had been made.
In the Sunday incident, the 23-year-old man told police he was shoved after confronting the two men who had made the comments. A fight ensued, but no one was hospitalized, police said.
Police said Adam Perez, 21, was arrested on suspicion second-degree assault and bias-motivated crimes and Eric Schorling, 21, was arrested on suspicion of third-degree assault, bias-motivated crimes and felony criminal mischief. Both men are from Boulder.
Police said they were still investigating a Feb. 21 assault on a woman who said she was attacked after telling two men she was gay. No arrests have been made.
