{"id":17873,"date":"2025-02-22T01:27:31","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T01:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/racial-slurs-swastika-and-nudity-pickering-meeting-under-police-investigation\/"},"modified":"2025-02-22T01:27:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T01:27:31","slug":"racial-slurs-swastika-and-nudity-pickering-meeting-under-police-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/racial-slurs-swastika-and-nudity-pickering-meeting-under-police-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Racial slurs, swastika and nudity: Pickering meeting under police investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-byline\">\n<div class=\"c-byline__text\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span>By Staff<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-byline__source c-byline__source--noName\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div 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hate-motivated disruptions took place at a city Zoom meeting on Feb. 12.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h3>Get breaking National news<\/h3>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Police say they were made aware of the incidents two days later and they have not identified the people involved.<\/p>\n<p>A city spokesperson suggested he could not respond to even basic questions on what the meeting was about 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