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Florida Woman Charged with Hate Crime for Leaving Pork Outside Muslim-Owned Grocery Store.Christine Fernandez, 61, of Port St. Lucie, Florida, was arrested after surveillance footage allegedly showed her deliberately placing pork products outside a Middle Eastern grocery store owned by a Muslim woman.Pork is strictly forbidden in Islam, making the act particularly offensive.When questioned by police, Fernandez admitted to the act but claimed it was meant as a joke:“It was a joke… Was it poor taste? Yeah. Was it funny? Maybe not to them. It’s just bacon.”She was charged with harassment or intimidation based on religious or ethnic heritage — a hate crime under Florida law — and later released on a $750 bond.