Police are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime.
BELLINGHAM, Wash. — When Alyssa Ruben talks about the attack on her transgender son, she does so as if it were an attack on her.
“This will haunt me for the rest of my life,” Ruben said wiping away tears.
Ruben said her 16-year-old was jumped by at least two or three teens while off campus for lunch on Oct. 22.
Video posted to social media captured the Bellingham High School student being kicked, punched and thrown to the ground.
Ruben said that’s only part of the story.
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