D.C. police announced they have arrested a man on a charge of hate-bias related simple assault shortly after he allegedly swung his fists at another man in a “menacing manner” while shouting homophobic slurs at the intersection of 14th and R Streets, N.W. around 10:45 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 15.

A police statement and court records say officers responding to the scene apprehended and arrested 39-year-old Marshall Baxter of no fixed address after the victim identified him as the attacker.

“The suspect jumped directly in front of the victim and aggressively swung his fists, almost striking the victim,” the police statement says.

An arrest affidavit filed by police and prosecutors in D.C. Superior Court says the victim reported that while he was walking his dog, Baxter swung both his fists i

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