Pictures of Zackary Tennen
The uncouth question: Where was he supposedly stapled at? His mouth shows no evidence.
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Police in East Lansing, Mich., however, said Tuesday that they did not believe the attack was a hate crime, and privately told the Tennens that they believed the fight was over a girl.
Police said in a statement released to ABC News that they had interviewed two witnesses and identified a suspect, though the incident was still under investigation.
Tennen’s father, Bruce Tennen, told ABC News affiliate WXYZ that he disagrees with the police, and that his son talked to very few girls at the party and had never had a long-term girlfriend.
“I think this is a heinous crime and it sickens me,” Bruce Tennen said, adding that if police arrest and charge someone just with assault, he will hire his own lawyer and try to pursue an ethnic intimidation or hate crime conviction in federal court.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) expressed outrage over the incident.
"We are horrified by this violent assault and allegations that the student may have been viciously attacked because he was Jewish," said Betsy Kellman, ADL Detroit Regional Director.
