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Police Investigate Spray Painting Of Racial Slurs On Nova Scotia Home

The Canadian Press, 03 Mar, 2016 11:58 AM
    MONASTERY, N.S. — RCMP are investigating racial slurs against aboriginal people that were spray painted on a home in northern Nova Scotia.
     
    Police in Antigonish say the graffiti appeared on a house and shed in Monastery on Tuesday night.
     
    They say the graffiti was "racially and culturally insensitive" and included profanity and derogatory comments about aboriginal people.
     
    Police say it's not a random act and are asking anyone with information about the case to call the RCMP or Crime Stoppers.

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