HOLLAND, Mich. — Wayne Coleman said he awoke to the sound of breaking glass, Sunday around 3 a.m.
He and his wife own and operate the Center for African American Art and History, in Holland.
The couple lives upstairs above the museum. Coleman said he heard someone cursing and yelling the N-word. He spotted a man breaking windows on a newer SUV in his parking lot.
Coleman called the police who were already on their way.
Captain Jack Dykstra said officers heard the breaking glass from a block away. He said two white men led police on a car chase. The suspects crashed their vehicle. One man was taken to the hospital with injuries and may be released some time this afternoon.
The other suspect is in jail. Both are expected to be arraigned later this afternoon.
Charges are pending, but Dykstra said this is being investigated as a hate crime.
Coleman questioned the timing of the vandalism, which occurred just hours after the Zimmerman verdict was delivered.
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