A Spokane man was arrested on a hate-crime charge late Thursday for allegedly threatening two 7-Eleven clerks with a weapon while yelling racial slurs.

Anthony C. Brockie, 37, had a 12-inch strait razor blade in his pants pocket when a police officer approached him at the store at 323 W. Indiana Ave. about 11:22 p.m. after hearing reports of an assault, according to a probable cause affidavit supporting second-degree assault and malicious harassment charges against Brockie.

A store clerk told police she refused to sell a 40-ounce bottle of Olde English to Brockie because he was intoxicated but Brockie loitered in the parking lot and became combative with two clerks.

Another clerk told police that Brockie pulled the blade out, cursed and referenced his Middle Eastern heritage. Another third clerk said Brockie referenced his race and asked if he wanted to die while waving the blade.

Spokane police say they heard Brockie say "those bastard Arabians beat me up," according to the affidavit.

Brockie was booked into the Spokane County Jail.

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