It was the eve before Passover and the Jewish community in Winnipeg, was on edge. There was a crime at the BerMax Caffé and Bistro – but it was not a hate crime, Winnipeg Police Chief Danny Smyth said at a news conference this week. Oxana told the CBC host that her clothes were ripped and there were marks on her skin. In August, the Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench ordered Alexander and Oxana Berent to pay another bank $112,358 in outstanding loans. The case comes on the heels of actor Jussie Smollett’s alleged hate crime hoax in Chicago.

Source: National Post April 27, 2019 04:52 UTC