No Charges to Come After Investigation into Anti-Semitic Facebook Post
LETHBRIDGE – An investigation into an anti-Semitic image and comment that was posted on a Lethbridge man’s Facebook page will not result in criminal charges.
The material – which was posted by a third party to the individual’s page – was first reported to Calgary Police as a hate crime in late August and passed on to Lethbridge Police on September 8. It included an image of an Orthodox Jew being assaulted and a very anti-Semitic comment.
The post was removed from the Facebook account after a short period of time and later deleted by the person who posted it.
In a media release from the Lethbridge Police Service, they state: