White supremacist couple, both 29, are arrested for hate crimes after they attacked a car with a shovel and screamed ‘only white lives matter’ at the couple inside while throwing Nazi salutes

Gregory and Rachel Howell, both 29, were arrested and charged with vandalism and hate crimes on Friday in Torrance, California. The couple were filmed confronting Itzel Lopez, a Mexican woman, and her black boyfriend in a road race incident on July 22. Lopez said the Howells followed them for several miles before getting out of their pickup truck at a stoplight. She filmed Rachel flipping her off and yelling: ‘Only white lives matter’. The video also shows Gregory throwing his arm up in a Nazi salute before grabbing a pole from his truck and hitting Lopez’s car multiple times. A white couple are facing hate crime charges after they were filmed attacking a car with a shovel, screaming ‘only white lives matter’ and doing a Nazi salute in front of a Mexican woman and her black boyfriend. Gregory and Rachel Howell, both 29, were arrested and charged with vandalism and hate crimes on Friday, a week after they were involved in an apparent road rage incident in Torrance, California, on July 22. Itzel Lopez recorded shocking video of the Howells confronting her and her boyfriend after they noticed that the white couple was tailing them. Lopez said the Howells followed them for several miles before overtaking them and stopping at a traffic light, where they got out of their truck and started hurling racist remarks. She started filming as the woman identified as Rachel Howell approached her car and yelled: ‘White lives matter b***h’ while flipping her off.As Rachel walked away she screamed: ‘Only white lives matter b***h.’Meanwhile, Gregory Howell approached from the other side and waved before throwing his arm into a Nazi salute.Lopez’s boyfriend could be heard in the background saying: ‘That’s white power’ before Lopez added: ‘Crazy the sh*t we have to go through in 2020’. The Howells were then seen getting back in their truck briefly before reemerging just moments later. Rachel came back with her cellphone and tried to film Lopez and her boyfriend – while Gregory retrieved a shovel and began striking their car repeatedly as they drove off. Lopez and her boyfriend’s car was left with a dent and scratch following the ordeal

via dailymail: White supremacist couple, both 29, are arrested for hate crimes after they attacked a car with a shovel and screamed ‘only white lives matter’ at the couple inside while throwing Nazi salutes