Tuscany LRT racist graffiti offender, Kyle McKenzie, sentenced to 8 months in jail
Kyle McKenzie says anger at ISIS was misplaced
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.
- Tuscany LRT graffiti offender apologizes to Muslims, Syrians
- Calgarian 'mad at ISIS' pleads guilty in spraying of racist LRT graffiti
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.