A woman in the San Francisco Bay Area has been arrested on suspicion of posting handwritten messages at the homes of Asian Americans and suggesting that those not native to the United States should leave the country immediately.
A woman in the San Francisco Bay Area has been arrested on suspicion of posting handwritten messages at theand suggesting that those not native to the United States should leave the country immediately.
Police in San Leandro, just south of Oakland, said officers were called to the Heron Bay neighborhood Friday evening after receiving reports of notes containing “insensitive messages towards minorities” taped to five homes. “If you are a woman or man and was born in other country, return, go back to your land immediately, fast, with urgency,” the note said. It ended with “One American, white, brave, that serves the Nation or USA is going to live here.”
One resident gave the officers images captured on his doorbell security camera of a woman taping the note, and the officers soon found her in the area, police said in a statement.Nancy Arechiga, 52, was carrying a backpack containing copies of the same notes, the statement said. She was arrested “for these inappropriate messages that instilled fear and intimidation upon those residents.”
“We welcome people’s rights to express themselves,” Lt. Isaac Benabou said, “but not in a manner that infringes upon a community’s
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