On a July evening in Lahaina, a California family's vacation at a luxury Maui resort became the site of a violent poolside brawl involving roughly 30 people, leaving seven relatives injured — one requiring 13 staples to close a head wound. The family alleges they were targeted because of their race, citing slurs used before the attack, though authorities have thus far classified the incident as assault and riot rather than a hate crime. The gap between what the family experienced and how the law has chosen to name it sits at the heart of a question that communities across America continue to w
California family claims racial attack at Maui resort leaves multiple injured
Seven family members injured in poolside brawl, including a relative struck in head with chair requiring 13 staples; victims range from teenagers to senior citizens.