Police on Vancouver Island are investigating a series of suspected hate crimes that has left one family terrified. Back in January, a South Asian man noticed a note on his windshield when he was visiting his white girlfriend near Victoria, B.C.
His sister, who we are not identifying due to safety concerns, said her brother “was starting up his vehicle and he noticed handprints starting to appear on the front window.
And then a note.” Her brother grabbed it. “He saw that it read ‘your kind isn’t welcome here’ with the Ku Klux Klan symbol.” She said her brother was terrified.
The family notified the police of what had happened. “I think it’s important to know what’s happening in your town so the police did get involved,” the sister said. “They went neighbour to neighbour, asked questions.