Charges laid following racist coronavirus tirade
Posted July 14, 2020 10:44 am.
Last Updated July 14, 2020 10:57 am.
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EDMONTON (CityNews) – Edmonton police have laid charges a week after a video of a violent racist tirade was posted to social media.
In the video, which starts part-way through the event, a man is seen targeting an Asian woman, saying she is bringing coronavirus into Canada.
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Patricia Medrano, the victim, says the man made a pass at her and when she rejected his advances he became belligerent. She started recording shortly thereafter.
In the video the man becomes violent, kicking a door at Medrano and threatening to decapitate her. When Medrano calls her attacker out for his racist remarks, he does a Nazi salute and tells her to “get the f*** out of Canada”.
Medrano was left shaking in fear as her brother called police. She has a few bruises from the man’s aggressive rantings.
The man–Rylee Dodd–was arrested and banned from the apartment building where Medrano lives.
The 28-year-old now faces charges of uttering threats and assault.
