A weekend robbery in a racially diverse neighborhood of Washington may have been a hate crime , police said . `` This is for Trayvon Martin , '' one of the three black men told a white man as they approached him early Saturday , according to Washington Metropolitan Police Officer Anthony Clay . The alleged robbery happened two weeks after a Florida jury acquitted George Zimmerman in the 2012 death of African-American teenager Trayvon Martin . Trayvon 's father : Let 's turn negative energy into positive . The men kicked the adult white male as they took his iPhone and wallet , Clay said Sunday . The man , who has not been publicly identified , suffered minor injuries and refused medical treatment , he said . There have been no arrests , but police are investigating the incident as a hate crime , he said . It happened in the Adams Morgan neighborhood in the northwest quadrant of the nation 's capital . Opinion : What if both Martin and Zimmerman were white ?
Alleged robbery happened two weeks after George Zimmerman 's acquittal . No arrests , but police says they 're investigating the incident as a hate crime . It happened in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of the nation 's capital .