Mariah Cain, Staff Writer
Three middle school students — all 13 — at Plum Point Middle School in Calvert County have been charged with hate crimes. The students displayed swastikas, made derogatory remarks to a classmate about their religion, and performed Nazi salutes. The harassment began in December. There were multiple requests for it to stop before the victim filed a report with the Maryland State Police.
State’s Attorney Robert Harvey said in a statement, “Maryland was founded on the principle of religious toleration.” He continued, “It is frankly astonishing that nearly 400 years later some people continue to persecute others based upon their religion.”
