An Indian-origin couple has been harassed in Canada by a 'racist' white man who yelled that 'go back to your country' and threatened to 'kill' their children, prompting police to investigate it as a hate crime, according to media reports.
The incident happened on Sunday when the Indian and the 47-year-old Dale Robertson got into a scuffle over a parking lot at the Walmart Supercentre in Hamilton, Ontario.
The argument started after the couple, who were not identified, tried to back into a parking spot and apparently got in the way of the Robertson, who then gets into his silver truck as the Indian man tries to talk to him, CBC reported.
"What kind of example are you setting for your children?" the Indian man is heard asking the other as his wife records, the video of which is uploaded on YouTube and Facebook.
Within a matter of moments the heated argument escalates and the Indian man's wife appears to get hit by the truck as Robertson quickly accelerates before hitting the brakes, the report said.
The Indian man walks alongside the truck as it slowly drives away and says, "You want me to go to my own country? I'm a Canadian citizen."
Robertson responds by saying "Show me. Prove it. I don't believe you." Then, he crudely attempts to copy the other man's accent saying "You don't talk like a Canadian."
"It hit them really hard," he said. "They were extremely shocked by it, they had not experienced (something like this) before."