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This Woman Has Been Charged With Punching and Spitting on a Muslim Woman in a Supermarket

London, Ontario racism update: still super racist.

Behold: the fist, the pointing, the T-shirt. Photo via London Police Service

London is my hometown. So when VICE first put out a personal essay about what a racist asshole the city is, many friends asked me: is this for real?

I'll admit it bummed me out a little, having to confirm that yes, the place where I learned to ride a bike and smoked weed for the first time is way more terrible than you probably thought it was. The city's latest public episode of police-reported bigotry began with two strangers in a grocery store on a regular Monday night. Out of nowhere, one woman allegedly punched and spat on another woman wearing a hijab in front of her four-month-old kid. She also pulled at the woman's hijab and hair while yelling and wearing a red T-shirt with CANADA emblazoned across it. Read More: London, Ontario Was a Racist Asshole to Me Police put out a search for the 38-year-old woman on Monday, using two cell phone photos taken during the incident. She was arrested Tuesday and charged with one count of assault.

UPDATE - Arrest Made in Supermarket Assault. Appealing to Witnesses — London Police ON (@lpsmediaoffice)June 22, 2016

The supermarket assault is the fourth attack against visible minorities in London over the past eight months, according to the CBC. I think the lesson here is, if someone tells you London isn't a racist asshole, it helps to check its record. Follow Sarah Berman on Twitter.