Police are looking into an incident between an older man and a black woman as a hate crime after viral video shows him using racial slurs and physical violence against the woman.
The incident appears to have begun over a bad parking job by the woman and the man, identified as Los Angeles resident Fredric Allan Shinerock, yelling and eventually hitting each other.
He also was shown using racial slurs against the woman.
Santa Monica police arrived and cited and released Shinerock at the scene.