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Police in Arizona will not charge a gallery owner whose racist rants during a Native American dance performance were caught on video, the Arizona Daily Sun reported. Scottsdale Police reportedly said Gilbert Ortega Jr.'s actions did not amount to a crime with a “reasonable likelihood of conviction" even though they were a "nauseating example" of bigotry. Ortega initially faced three …
PHOENIX — Native American dancers who were the target of a suburban Phoenix gallery owner’s racist rant as they were being filmed for Super Bowl week are pushing for hate crime charges. Gilbert Ortega Jr., the owner of Gilbert Ortega Native American Galleries, has been charged with three misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct regarding the incident, Scottsdale police said. The …
An Arizona man was caught on camera making racist taunts toward Native Americans who were standing outside of a local art gallery while also telling them they were in "MAGA Country." Local news station Fox 10 Phoenix reports that a video posted on Instagram this week shows a man standing outside the Gilbert Ortega Authentic Indian Art Galleries in Scottsdale, …
