A military couple who was beaten following a fender bender has filed a lawsuit against their assailants, reports the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. The parking lot beating drew national attention because of its racial overtones. The assailants, a couple and their teenage son, allegedly screamed the racial epithet  "f---- haole" multiple times during the assault. According to the Star-Bulletin, prosecutors did not try the incident as a hate crime because the assault stemmed from the motor vehicle accident, not primarily from racial motives.