A person is going through costs after allegedly placing white supremacist stickers in a locker room of a Calgary recreation centre, police say.
On Friday, Jan. 5, investigators say a person used the general public amenities on the MNP Neighborhood and Sport Centre on Macleod Path SE and connected stickers selling white supremacy to lockers in a public locker room.
Police say the employees on the recreation centre instantly eliminated the stickers and reported the incident to police.
A person was recognized and charged on Monday, March 18 after police checked out CCTV footage and spoke with employees on the centre,
Fifty-year-old Mark Lloyd Pearson has been charged with one depend of hate-motivated mischief.
“Now we have seen related stickers selling white supremacy connected to things in public areas throughout Calgary,” appearing Sgt. Matt Messenger of the Calgary Police Service Hate Crime Prevention Staff stated in a press release. “Calgary is the third most numerous metropolis in Canada, and these stickers are purposefully positioned in areas the place the general public can simply see them with a view to depart individuals feeling unwelcome and like they don’t belong. That is unacceptable and we’ll proceed to carry these accountable accountable.”
Calgary police say hate-motivated crimes are recognizable crimes, like assault, theft, vandalism or every other crime, the place the offender was motivated by bias, prejudice or hate that’s primarily based on one among 9 private traits of the sufferer.
