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Woman accused of assaulting stranger, hurling anti-gay insults in Alexandria grocery store

Nbcwashington · · 408 words · By Aimee Cho
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14 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“A Maryland woman is charged with assault after police say she assaulted a stranger and made anti-gay comments in a Giant grocery store in Northern Virginia on Christmas Day.”
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Multiple independent sources (Them, MSN, and other news reports) confirm a Maryland woman was arrested for attacking a gay man at a Giant grocery store in Alexandria, Virginia, on Christmas Day.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Giant Eagle, Inc. is an American supermarket chain with stores in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, and Maryland. The company was founded in 1918 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and incorporat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Eagle
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of supermarket companies in the United States and the names of supermarkets which are owned or franchised by these companies. For supermarkets worldwide, see List of supermarket chains.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_supermarket_chains_in_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Giant Company, formerly known as Giant Food Stores, is an American regional supermarket chain headquartered in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The company operates in stores in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Vir…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Giant_Company
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“Alexandria police shared information on the case as they unveiled a new hate crime policy on Monday.”
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Multiple sources confirm that Alexandria police unveiled a new hate crime policy on a Monday while sharing details about this specific case.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Alexandria Police Department has formally adopted a new hate‑crime and bias‑incident policy, finalized just weeks after a suspected bias‑motivated assault at a Giant grocery store drew public atte…
https://www.fox5dc.com/news/alexandria-adopts-new-hate-crime…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Alexandria Police Department in Virginia has adopted the city’s first comprehensive hate crime and bias incident policy, citing elevated reports of bias incidents.
https://www.jns.org/u.s.-news/alexandria-police-adopt-new-ha…
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web search NEUTRAL — Alexandria police shared information on the case as they unveiled a new hate crime policy on Monday. Cellphone video distributed by police shows a portion of the encounter.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/northern-virginia/w…
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“Police said the woman is Shibritney Colbert, 34, of Landover.”
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Multiple sources identify the suspect as Shibritney Colbert, 34, of Landover, Maryland.
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web search NEUTRAL — Women typically have less facial and other body hair, have a higher body fat composition, and are on average shorter and less muscular than men. Women are at greater risk of certain diseases like brea…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman
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web search NEUTRAL — The meaning of WOMAN is an adult female person. How to use woman in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/woman
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web search NEUTRAL — In general, the practice in current edited written English is to avoid the -man form in reference to a woman or the plural -men when members of both sexes are involved.
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“The man told police he was shopping at the Giant store at 3131 Duke Street when she began making derogatory statements about his sexual orientation and assaulted him.”
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While the event at the Giant store is corroborated, the specific address '3131 Duke Street' is not explicitly mentioned in the provided evidence snippets, though the store location in Alexandria is confirmed.
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web search NEUTRAL — INCIDENT definition: 1. an event that is either unpleasant or unusual: 2. with nothing unpleasant or unusual happening…. Learn more.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/incident
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web search NEUTRAL — The meaning of INCIDENT is an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening. How to use incident in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Incident.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incident
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“Colbert is accused of pushing the man and throwing groceries while insulting him, police said.”
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Multiple sources report that Colbert is accused of pushing the victim and throwing groceries while making derogatory statements.
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web search NEUTRAL — During the incident, Colbert is seen on video pushing the victim and throwing groceries while making derogatory statements. A 911 call reported a fight inside the store.
https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/crime/maryland-woman-arre…
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web search NEUTRAL — On the afternoon of Christmas Day, an unnamed man was shopping at the Giant grocery store in Alexandria, Virginia when he was attacked by 34-year-old Shibritney Colbert, per a January 12 police report…
https://www.them.us/story/shibritney-colbert-gay-boy-video-v…
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web search NEUTRAL — Shibritney Colbert, 34, faces hate crime charges after she was seen in a viral video berating a gay man on Christmas day.
https://www.advocate.com/news/crime/gay-man-assault-giant-gr…
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“A 911 call reported a fight in the store, police said.”
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Multiple sources confirm that a 911 call reported a fight inside the store.
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“Officers responded, and as an officer tried to detain Colbert, she fled, police said.”
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Multiple sources confirm that Colbert fled the scene in her car when officers attempted to detain her.
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web search NEUTRAL — When Alexandria police officers attempted to detain Colbert, she fled the scene in her car. Colbert was arrested and taken into custody on Thursday, January 8. She is currently awaiting extradition to…
https://www.them.us/story/shibritney-colbert-gay-boy-video-v…
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web search NEUTRAL — When Alexandria police officers attempted to detain Colbert, she fled the scene in her car. Colbert was arrested and taken into custody on Thursday, January 8.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/maryland-woman-who-attacke…
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web search NEUTRAL — Officers responded after a 911 call reported a fight inside the store. Colbert fled the scene and eluded officers in a vehicle as they attempted to detain her in the parking lot, police said.
https://alexandriabrief.substack.com/p/alexandria-police-unv…
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“She was taken into custody Thursday and is being held at the Prince George’s County jail, police said.”
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Multiple sources confirm she was taken into custody on Thursday, January 8, and held in Maryland (Prince George's County).
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“She will be extradited to Virginia to face charges including assault, property destruction and eluding police.”
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Sources state she is awaiting extradition to Alexandria to face charges, including eluding police.
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“Under the policy, police officers would create a report for all hate-related incidents and notify their supervisor, who would then tell the police chief.”
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While the existence of the new hate crime policy is corroborated, the specific internal reporting chain (officer to supervisor to chief) is not detailed in the provided evidence snippets.
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“The department would put together twice-annual reports on hate crimes.”
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“Justice Department data for Virginia shows that reported hate crimes more than doubled from 2021 to 2023.”
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“Alexandria police said they typically see one to four hate-related incidents a year.”
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“Hate crimes throughout the U.S. have been on the rise since 2019, with a slight decrease last year, FBI data shows.”
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