BURBANK MAN ARRESTED AFTER RACIAL INCIDENT.Byline: Donna Huffaker Staff Writer BURBANK - A Burbank man, who police say was outraged that his neighbor's housekeepers parked in front of his home, has been arrested after allegedly denouncing the women's nationality nationality, in political theory, the quality of belonging to a nation, in the sense of a group united by various strong ties. Among the usual ties are membership in the same general community, common customs, culture, tradition, history, and language. , pushing one of them and squirting squirt v. squirt·ed, squirt·ing, squirts v.intr. 1. To issue forth in a thin forceful stream or jet; spurt. 2. To eject liquid in a jet. v.tr. 1. both with a hose, officials said. Keith Veraldi, 42, was arrested Saturday on suspicion of civil rights violations and battery, Burbank police Lt. Robert Giles Robert H. Giles (born circa 1933) is current curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism. Giles graduated from DePauw University in 1955 and received his master's degree in 1956 from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. said Wednesday. Veraldi began to scream when the two housekeepers, ages 36 and 59, pulled in front of his home in the 900 block of North Florence Street, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a police report. The report says Veraldi allegedly yelled yell v. yelled, yell·ing, yells v.intr. To cry out loudly, as in pain, fright, surprise, or enthusiasm. v.tr. To utter or express with a loud cry. See Synonyms at shout. n. repeatedly, ``I hate Mexicans,'' before pushing one of the women and dousing them with a garden hose. The women called police and, when officers arrived, they were given the choice of having a citation issued or demanding his arrest, Giles said. Although Giles said Veraldi told authorities he just lost his temper, officers took him into custody because allegations of civil rights violations are something the department takes very seriously, he said. ``We'll go to great lengths to investigate these kinds of crimes because we just don't tolerate them at all,'' he said. |
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