"We literally train people on how to be active bystanders and how to counter racism and yet, here I was. I was caught completely off guard when I was hit by this woman." We help victims report hate and get supports. On her own Twitter feed, Abid said she was in a "state of shock" after the altercation. We are ready to support Mifrah with our counselling resources as well," the coalition said. "The entire organization stands with Mifrah as she takes action to report the alleged hate-motivated assault to the police. I started recording when she began getting exceedingly aggressive & menacing against me./2 /NouZYFCEaY- coalition issued a statement saying members are "hurt and shocked" by the altercation. It contains offensive language and shows an assault: WATCH | A video of the altercation was posted to Twitter. Both videos have been circulated on social media. A second video taken by a bystander also shows the altercation taking place. Shortly after, the woman is seen on the video lunging toward Abid, grabbing Abid's phone and throwing it at her. "We are all waiting in this line, and everybody heard you here making a racist comment about brown people," Abid said in the video. Abid says the woman made a racial slur - something the woman denies in the video. One of the people involved was Mifrah Abid, who co-ordinates the Together Against Islamophobia program for the Coalition of Muslim Women of K-W.Ī video posted to Abid's Twitter feed showed Abid as she confronted the woman. Police said the incident happened at approximately 12:30 p.m. Waterloo regional police have arrested a 27-year-old Waterloo woman as part of an investigation into an alleged hate-motivated altercation at a DriveTest Centre in Kitchener, Ont., on Wednesday. WARNING: This story contains distressing details.
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