Police investigating possible hate crime

The Huntington Beach Police Department is investigating an incident of

graffiti on the home of a Huntington Beach woman as a possible hate

crime.

Barbara Coe, founder and chair of the California Coalition for

Immigration Reform, returned to her home on Castle Drive about 3 p.m.

after being gone for two hours to find the words “racist” and “anarchy”

spray painted on the garage with other profanities painted on the

sidewalk, said Huntington Beach Police Lt. Luis Ochoa.

“It was pretty gross, I was in shock,” said the 68-year-old Coe. “I

think the rally on Dec. 8 and this are related.”

Her group organized the rally at Anaheim City Hall opposing the

Anaheim Police Department’s recent decision to accept Mexican consulate

cards as identification. She also was one of the authors of Proposition

187, the anti-illegal immigrant initiative, in 1994.