Around 7:40 a.m. Friday, police received calls that a white male was acting suspiciously in front of the Met Mart convenience store in Port St. Lucie, officials said. (Courtesy St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office)“When the deputies arrived, they noticed the dumpster had been rolled in front of the doors and the contents were lit on fire,” St. Lucie County Sheriff Ken Mascara said in a statement posted on Facebook. Lloyd was arrested Friday and booked into the St. Lucie County Jail in lieu of a $30,000 bond. The Met Mart convenience store in Port St. Lucie, Fla. (Courtesy of St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office)The incident appears to be the latest crime targeting people of South Asian descent. Last month, a man reportedly yelled at two Indian men to “get out of my country” before opening fire at a bar in Kansas.

Source: Washington Post March 12, 2017 15:32 UTC