Indigenous people say racism-tainted drive-by violence all too common

Indigenous people in multiple cities say having something thrown at you from a passing vehicle is so common, people don't even bother to report the assaults.

"There's young men, on the weekends, they will throw beer bottles at you and yell out 'bogan' or 'squaw' or 'whore,'" said Deanne Hupfield, who grew up in Thunder Bay.

"I never thought to call the police. It happened to everybody, not just me."

A First Nations woman in Thunder Bay, Ont., was hospitalized on Jan. 29 after a trailer hitch was thrown at her from a moving vehicle while she was walking. Barbara Kentner, 34, required surgery for the injuries she sustained to her stomach.

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