Racism is still out there’: Indigenous couple report being rear-ended, assaulted in Airdrie – Calgary Herald

Racism is still a dangerous reality in southern Alberta, says an Indigenous man who was rear-ended and assaulted Thursday night in Airdrie

Racism is still a dangerous reality in southern Alberta, says an Indigenous man who was rear-ended and assaulted Thursday night in Airdrie in an incident under RCMP investigation.

Telly Bear and his wife, Judy Bear, were driving home to Alberta Thursday after attending a funeral in Saskatchewan the same day. He said they stopped at the 7-Eleven on Yankee Valley Boulevard S.E. just east of Highway 2 in Airdrie around 10:30 p.m. to use the washroom on the way to Judy’s Calgary home.

While there, Bear said a Caucasian man pulled up next to their truck and started yelling at his wife, using racial slurs and trying to intimidate the couple.

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