- Mario Garcia reports a racially-motivated verbal assault on his family in Murray.
- The incident occurred at Fashion Place Mall, with bystanders witnessing but not intervening.
- Garcia urges community awareness and support against discrimination and racial targeting.
MURRAY — A Utah dad is speaking out after a stranger verbally attacked his family. Mario Garcia feels the aggressor’s actions were racially motivated.
About 6 p.m. Saturday, Mario Garcia and his family were at Fashion Place Mall and heading to the Cheesecake Factory for dessert when Garcia said a stranger came up from behind the family, verbally attacked them with swear words and derogatory terms.
“He caught up to us and then he started saying, ‘The cops are coming, they are going to take you,'” Garcia said…