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Two Charged With Hate Crime Near Uw
The Capital Times :: LOCAL/STATE :: 3A
Friday, September 28, 2001 By Aaron Nathans and Steven Elbow The Capital Times
Two men have been charged with a hate crime in the beating of two Asian men near the UW campus last month.
The two Asian men said they were attacked without provocation as they walked together, speaking Chinese, in the 400 block of West Gilman Street on Aug. 31 shortly after 2 a.m., according to the criminal complaint.
Two white men confronted them, shouting racial slurs against black and Asian people. One suspect punched one of the men; the other suspect then began punching the other man, police said. As one of the men tried to call the police on his cell phone, the suspects, who were with two women at the time, ran into a nearby security-locked building, according to police.
That helped police locate the suspects, police said. They arrested Adam Coplien, 21, of Madison, and Carl Elam-Bishop, 21, of Camby, Ind., and charged them with substantial battery with intentional bodily harm as a party to the crime, one felony and one misdemeanor charge of a hate crime, and battery as a party to the crime.
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BRODHEAD -- Adam James Coplien, age 23, of Brodhead, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday, November 18, 2003 in Madison, WI. He was born on May 26, 1980 in Monroe, WI, the son of Gene and Bonnie (Gould) Coplien. He married Amie Jo Hanson on April 6, 2002 in Monroe.
Adam graduated from Brodhead High School in 1999 and attended University of Wisconsin-Whitewater for two years and was a member of the Delta Chi Fraternity. He worked for the U.W. Hospital in Madison and attended Mad City Church in Madison. He was an avid motor cross racer and a member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of the Chippewa Indians.
He is survived by his wife Amie, Browntown, WI; parents, Gene and Bonnie Coplien, Brodhead; his newborn daughter, Katie; a daughter, Lexie Ann Coplien and her mother and his special friend, Darci Clark; two brothers, Gene (Michelle) Coplien Jr. and Dane Coplien; paternal grandparents, Gene and Juanita Coplien, all of Brodhead; and several loving family members. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Jack and Emogene Gould, and an uncle, Scott Coplien.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. November 21, 2003, at the Congregational Church of Christ, Brodhead, with Pastor Dan Herman officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Juda. Visitation will be held on Thursday evening from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the NEWCOMER FUNERAL HOME, Brodhead, WI. A memorial fund will be established.
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