Three teenage boys are facing harassment charges after police say they hung a number of offensive flyers, containing racist messaging, with the phone numbers of two young females listed on them around a GTA town in an 'act of revenge.'
Police recovered five flyers in total, they said. They contain racial slurs and offensive images.
The 17-year-old was known to both victims prior to the alleged offence, police said. They say they believe he created the flyers “as an act of revenge [...] in the hopes the content would cause them to receive a negative response from the community.”“Despite the intent to cause distress to the female victims, the flyers contain hateful messages that have and will continue to cause distress to our community,” the release said.
Last week, DDSB released a statement saying it is taking the matter seriously. The board said police were immediately contacted when they became aware of the flyers. An emergency meeting was held by the school on Thursday evening to discuss how to address the flyers. It went late into the night, Ahmed said.
“The reality is that having this flyer show up today gives us an opportunity to change how we speak about anti-Black racist rhetoric and combat anti-Black racism and not just pay lip service to it,” Ahmed said.“The flyer uses dehumanizing anti-Black commentary and imagery and is a stark reminder of how prevalent hate, violence, and racist actions are. We offer our sincere regrets to anyone hurt by this incident,” Collier said in a statement.
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