Woman Throws Coffee, Umbrella at Muslim Men Who Had Been Praying at Castro Valley’s Lake Chabot
(NBC) Lisa Fernandez and Jodi Hernandez, December 10, 2015
Park police are recommending misdemeanor battery charges against California Department of Corrections employee who was allegedly caught on video making anti-Islamic slurs, then throwing coffee and an umbrella at a group of Muslim men praying at a Castro Valley park.
East Bay Regional Park District spokeswoman Carolyn Jones told NBC Bay Area on Wednesday that Denise Slader has not been arrested, but the district’s police officers are forwarding their investigation, and recommendation, to the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office. Jones said the incident could be considered a hate crime.