Woman won’t be charged for yelling racist slurs at woman wearing Hijab December 2, 2016

Rasa - The Albuquerque Police Department says charges will not be filed against a woman who yelled at another woman wearing a hijab at an Albuquerque grocery store.

News ID: 425506

Date: 03 December 2016 - 23:46

RNA - The Albuquerque Police Department says charges will not be filed against a woman who yelled at another woman wearing a hijab at an Albuquerque grocery store.

The incident occurred just before Thanksgiving.

Employees of the Smith’s Grocery at Coal and Yale stepped between the two women, took the yelling woman to the parking lot and later walked the Muslim shopper to her car.

Police say charges were not filed because the Muslim woman was not physically attacked or afraid that she was going to be.

APD says the shopper denies the other woman did anything other than yell slurs which officers determined was within her right to free speech.

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