GEORGINA, Ont. - Two men are facing hate-crime charges after a black skeleton was found hanging from a flagpole flying a Confederate flag in an Ontario town.
York Regional Police say the plastic, life-sized skeleton had been painted black and was found outside an officer's home in Georgina last November.
Police say the skeleton was dangling by its neck from a hangman's noose.
Luke Granados, 25, of Georgina, and Russell Granados, 21, of Markham, Ont., were charged with wilful promotion of hate.
Laying a hate-crime charge under a section in the Criminal Code requires consent from the attorney general of Ontario, which was granted on May 14.
Both of the accused are scheduled to appear in court in Newmarket, Ont., on June 17.
"York Regional Police will not tolerate hate crime in any form,'' said Chief Armand La Barge.
"These kinds of crimes not only hurt the community that has been targeted, it hurts us all.''
