Santa Barbara police ask D.A. to consider hate crime and other charges after viral video

Santa Barbara police ask D.A. to consider hate crime and other charges after viral video

Santa Barbara police have asked the district attorney to consider hate crime and other charges against a woman after her comments to a worker in a viral video.

Hate Crime, Battery, and Trespassing Charges for Santa Barbara Woman in Viral Video

Jeanne Umana, the Santa Barbara woman who went viral on social media for harassing a Latino construction worker, could now be charged with a hate crime, trespassing, and battery. After videos showing Umana using racially derogatory language towards a construction worker went viral on social media, hundreds showed up in a demonstration Sunday night outside her residence near Garden and Micheltorena streets to call for her arrest. The videos — whi…