Police raid Vancouver home of pro-Palestinian activist facing hate crime probe

Vancouver police staged a raid Thursday morning at the home of a high-profile pro-Palestinian activist who is currently facing a hate crime investigation. Neighbours awoke to the sound of a “bang” around 9 a.m., and were surprised to see an armoured police vehicle and heavily-armed members of the Vancouver Police Department’s Emergency Response Team outside. Global News has identified the unit as the home of Charlotte Kates, the international co-ordinator of the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, which was recently declared a terrorist entity. Kates was arrested last spring after lauding Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel at a protest in Downtown Vancouver. Vancouver police said they were executing a search warrant related to a hate crimes investigation, and said one person was arrested at the home. Police would not identify the person arrested, as they had not been charged. Global's Rumina Daya reports. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/10870258/charlotte-kates-hate-crime-raid Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #GlobalNews #bc #crime