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A woman was arrested and charged with a hate crime in downtown Palo Alto on Saturday night after she spat on a man while yelling a racial epithet, according to the Police Department.
The incident occurred at about 6 p.m. at Lytton Plaza, police said in a news release. The department received a call about a fight in progress at the plaza at 200 University Ave. When officers arrived, they saw a man who reported he had just been battered, police said
Police found that the man, who is in his 60s, was seated in the plaza when the woman approached him and, without provocation, spat at him. She also shouted at him an epithet directed at Black people, police said. The man then left the plaza as the woman reportedly continued to yell.
Police found the woman, a 50-year-old Palo Alto resident, near the plaza and detained her without incident, according to the news release. When she saw the man nearby, she continued to shout racial epithets at him in the presence of officers, police said.
The woman was booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail for disturbing the peace, battery, and a hate crime (all misdemeanors), as well as an outstanding felony arrest warrant for vandalism.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the department’s 24-hour dispatch center at 650-329-2413 or submit anonymous tips at 650-383-8984.
