In an update Wednesday evening, Peel Regional Police said a summons for causing a disturbance was issued for a 48-year-old Mississauga resident.
say a summons has been issued after a man appeared in a video to hurl anti-Asian and anti-mask rhetoric towards T&T Supermarket employees in Mississauga.
“It can increase feelings of vulnerability, anxiety, and fear, not only on the individual who has directly been victimized, but, as we have seen with this incident, on the broader community.” A woman, whom the man referred to as his wife, can be seen in the video trying to restrain the irate customer — who continued to yell that he has asthma and doesn’t want to wear a mask.Read more:T&T Supermarkets claimed the man was arguing with another customer and store employees for several minutes before the cellphone video began recording.
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