Yves Castonguay, 47, was charged on March 30 with one depend of public incitement of hatred and one depend of mischief to property. He skipped out on his court docket date.
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Vancouver Police is asking the general public to assist discover a man needed for a hate crime for allegedly writing racist remarks towards the Asian group on the home windows of the Chinese language Cultural Centre.
Yves Castonguay, 47, was charged on March 30 with one depend of public incitement of hatred and one depend of mischief to property. He skipped out on his court docket date and is needed on a B.C.-wide warrant.
“The prison cost for public incitement of hatred is a severe, particular cost that’s not often used,” mentioned Vancouver Police spokeswoman Const. Tania Visintin. “We’re happy that investigators had been in a position to safe it.”
Vancouver noticed a 717 per cent spike in crimes that contained a component of hate, bias, and prejudice in 2020, with folks of East Asian descent the first targets, mentioned Visintin.
“It has been a troublesome 12 months for the East Asian group. We need to reassure the group that our investigators are working tirelessly to carry folks chargeable for these hate crimes.”
Castonguay allegedly walked into the courtyard of the Chinese language Cultural Centre on Keefer Avenue in Vancouver’s Chinatown on April 2, 2020, and scrawled hateful, racist graffiti on the glass home windows of the centre.
Police are asking anybody who sees Castonguay or is aware of his whereabouts to contact police.
It additionally urges those that expertise a hate crime or those that witnessed a hate crime to name 911.
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