Tuscany LRT racist graffiti offender, Kyle McKenzie, sentenced to 8 months in jail

The Calgary man who spray-painted racist graffiti all over the Tuscany LRT station in December was sentenced on Friday to eight months in jail.

Kyle McKenzie was charged with inciting hatred and mischief over $5,000. He was also sentenced to three months in custody for vandalizing a Canadian Tire on the same day as the graffiti incident.

With credit for the time he's already spent in custody, McKenzie will be released in the next day or two.

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McKenzie told police he spray-painted the hatefulgraffiti because he was "mad at ISIS" over last year's Paris attack.

But he told the judge he's changed his views since being incarcerated.

"[I] no longer feel hate toward Muslim or Syrian people," he said in a statement last month."I would also like to apologize to the Syrian and Muslim community for writing hateful, ignorant messages."

Two men were seenon CCTV entering the Tuscanystation around5:45 p.m. on Dec. 3 and using gold spray paint to writemessages throughout the station, on aC-Train car, andon five private vehicles parked outside.

Miguel Lavergne and McKenzie werearresteddays later.

Lavergne's charges were recently stayed.

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