Calgary police investigate hate crime after threats hurled at woman
Calgary police are looking for a man suspected of a hate-motivated crime in the city's Southwood community on Friday. Police in Calgary are investigating a suspected hate-motivated crime in the Southwood community after a woman was threatened by a man based on her religion. The incident occurred around 1:15pm Friday at a shopping centre near Elbow Drive and Southland Drive S.W. The suspect, believed to be around 60 years old, was wearing brown sunglasses, a checkered blue shirt, black pants and black shoes at the time of the assault. Hate-motivating crimes are usually motivated by bias, prejudice, or hate based on a victim's personal characteristics. Police are asking for information on how and why to report hate crimes.
Published : 2 years ago by Michael Rodriguez in General
Police are looking for a man suspected of a hate-motivated crime in Calgary’s Southwood community on Friday, where a woman faced threats due to the perpetrator’s assumption of her religion. Police say a woman was walking through the parking lot at a shopping centre at the corner of Elbow Drive and Southland Drive S.W. around 1:15 p.m. Friday when someone began honking at her from a parked car. A man got out of the car and rushed toward the victim while “aggressively gesturing and making punching motions in front of the woman’s face while verbally threatening the victim that he would kill her because of his assumption of her religion,” police said.
The woman continued to her vehicle and drove home, then reported the incident to police. Police described the suspect as roughly 60 years old with a heavy build and a bald head. He was wearing brown sunglasses, a checkered blue shirt, black pants and black shoes at the time of the assault. “There is no place for hate in our city. Hate-motivated crimes are recognizable crimes, like assault, theft, vandalism or any other crime, where the offender was motivated by bias, prejudice or hate that is based on one of nine personal characteristics of the victim. If you see hate, report it,” police said in a Saturday news release, noting information on how and why to report hate crimes is available at reporthate.ca. Police ask anybody with information to contact the non-emergency line at 403-266-1234. Tipsters can also contact Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.
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