BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (October 18, 2015) – Bloomington police arrested an Indiana University student on several charges after he allegedly attacked a Muslim woman. Witnesses say the assault was racially-motivated.

Police were called to the Sofra Café in the 300 block of South Walnut Street Saturday evening around 7:35 p.m. on a report of an assault.

According to Bloomington Police, a Muslim woman was sitting at the café with her 9-year-old daughter when a man began shouting derogatory phrases and ethnic slurs at the woman.

The man, later identified as Triceten Bickford, 19, allegedly shouted “white power” and “kill them all.”

Bickford then grabbed the woman by her neck and slammed her head into the table. He then attempted to remove the woman’s headscarf.

The woman’s husband saw what was going on and he rushed to her aid along with another man.

They successfully pinned Bickford to the ground and waited for police to arrive. While they were waiting, Bickford spit into the men’s faces and continued making threats.

When police took Bickford into custody and placed him into the patrol car, he kicked at the windows.

…. Though Bickford’s social media profiles have been taken down, a cached version of a Twitter page that appears to belong to Bickford indicated that he is an avid supporter of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). Bickford’s bio identified him as a psychology student and “Bernie2016” supporter.