How can anyone possibly read this article and not see this was obviously a racially-based hate crime? The only possible reason this was plead down is that the prosecutor is racist. Shame on Clallam County for allowing this injustice to occur. These were grown men, statutory adults, who ganged up on an individual who had done them no harm and committed assault and battery solely because of the color of his skin. Shame, shame, shame. This gives Clallam County a reputation for racism that will cost it dearly, and encourage further acts of racist hatred.