Being a member of the "movement" I find this childish and immature.I am not sure how people who view themselves as superior can act like such dumb asses.
10 May 2012 at 10:37
N-word scratched into car door shocks Calgary womanBy Clara Ho, Calgary Herald
May 9, 2012CALGARY — Nothing could prepare
Antonia Mohamed for the ugly sight she saw as she walked to her car for
work last Wednesday morning.
Deeply etched on the driver’s side of her grey 2007 Honda Civic was a racial slur — the N-word.
“I
was definitely shocked, hurt, a little bit disheartened,” said the
35-year-old, whose family is from Trinidad, but was born and raised in
Canada.
The woman said she now plans to move out of the complex — maybe even out of town.
The car was parked in an assigned stall in a private lot attached to the southwest condo complex where she lives.
She immediately phoned the police. Officers advised the woman not to touch the vehicle and immediately came to investigate.
Const.
Brian Denison of the hate crimes unit said investigators have made
inquiries in the neighbourhood and are looking for surveillance video.
“We’ll make sure we investigate it thoroughly and are looking at laying charges,” Denison said.
Unfortunately,
property damage motivated by hate is common in Calgary and one of the
largest groupings of hate crimes in Canada, the constable said.
“There’s
a lot of that happening, but not in the public eye. People are doing
this in the cloak of darkness, where no one really knows,” Denison said,
adding many of the perpetrators tend to be between the ages of 13 and
23. “It’s somebody scratching hateful things in cars and swastikas on
schools and synagogues.”
Mohamed said she’s had
minor racist comments directed at her before, but has never experienced
such an incident where property damage has been done.
“I
had to do a double-take,” she said. “I thought it was a joke. I tried
to rub it off, but once it hits you and reality sets in, it’s permanent
damage and it’s gross ignorance.”
Mohamed said
she suspects she knows who was behind the hurtful vandalism — someone
with whom she has had a run-in before — and has passed that information
on to police.
Now she’s stuck dealing with the insurance company and finding an autobody shop to repair the damage.
In
addition to the racist word, Mohamed said an unknown symbol was carved
into the hood, the passenger door was kicked in, and the rear bumper was
damaged.
The vehicle will have to be repainted at a cost she estimated at upwards of $4,000.
In the meantime, she’s driving the car with a white garbage bag partially concealing the vandalism.
“Who does this in 2012?” Mohamed said. “Apparently people still do, but I can’t wrap my head around it.”
1 Comment
Close this window Jump to comment formBeing a member of the "movement" I find this childish and immature.I am not sure how people who view themselves as superior can act like such dumb asses.
10 May 2012 at 10:37