“Even if you aren’t sure if an incident is illegal, you are encouraged to report it.'
Alberta RCMP is warning of what it describes as a “spike” in hate incidents against the LGBTQ2 community and is encouraging residents to report anything that could be considered a hate crime.or crime are actions committed against a person or property, motivated partly or entirely by prejudice, bias or hate against a group or community.
That includes groups defined by real or perceived age, skin colour, national or ethnic origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or any other similar factor, police said. So far in June — marked as Pride Month by LGBTQ2 communities across the world — there have been two Pride crosswalks vandalized in Alberta towns.
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