A Hamilton man who was previously arrested for online posts, which police described as “threatening” towards the Jewish community, is now facing additional hate crime charges.
Investigators began monitoring the online activity of 32-year-old Harley Mitchell at the end of Sept. 2024 and placed him under arrest days later on Oct. 1. He was charged with two offences, including uttering death threats and failing to comply with probation.
Since then, authorities say they have continued to investigate Mitchell’s online posts and made a request to the Office of the Attorney General to review and approve additional hate crime charges.
That submission was approved on Thursday and Mitchell was charged with advocating genocide, wilful promotion of hatred and antisemitism. Authorities say his initial charges will remain.
“Hate has no place in Hamilton,” police said.
A representative for Mitchell was not immediately known.
