Tacoma police were investigating a possible hate crime Tuesday night.

The victim, described as a male prostitute, told officers he was in the 2300 block of Tacoma Avenue South and conversing with another person.

The other person’s “pimp” turned around and yelled at the victim. The “pimp” called the victim a derogatory name and punched him in the face, Tacoma police reported.

The victim suffered minor physical injuries. No arrest was reported.

Before there was Naveed Haq, there was Buford Furrow.

The careful reader will recall Furrow, a former Washington state resident with ties to the Tacoma area, for his 1999 rampage at a Jewish day-care center in the Los Angeles area.

His connections to the Evergreen State include:

&bull His parents live or lived in Nisqually.

&bull He bought the van used in his crime at a car lot on South Tacoma Way.

&bull He once worked in the Eastern Washington town of Colville.

Well, Buford, pictured

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