MANCHESTER, Conn. (AP) - Police in Connecticut have cited a white woman for berating a Muslim woman for wearing a hijab while at a shopping mall.
The Hartford Courant reports 49-year-old Kristen Hitchcock, of Andover, was issued a ticket for causing a public disturbance Monday night at a Macy’s store at the Shoppes at Buckland Hills in Manchester.
Video on social media shows a woman police say is Hitchcock telling the other woman that Muslim husbands “are making you wear a head wrap.” Relatives of the Muslim woman called it racism.
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Manchester police Lt. Ryan Shea says the incident did not rise to the level of a hate crime.
A Facebook message seeking comment was left for Hitchcock on Wednesday. It’s not clear if she has a lawyer who could respond to the allegations.
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Information from: Hartford Courant, http://www.courant.com
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