A stalker has become the stalked.<\/p>\n
The Bay Area \u2018racist Karen\u2019 was arrested Wednesday after automated license plate cameras<\/a> identified her vehicle \u2014 hours after she drove around and berated<\/a> an innocent San Jose father walking with his child.<\/p>\n The suspect, who the California Post identified <\/a>as 47-year-old Lindsay Hansen from San Jose, was nabbed by San Jose cops and booked in the Santa Clara County Main Jail on suspicion of multiple crimes, including stalking and hate crimes.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for the California Morning Report newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Hansen, who is a mother, had exhibited wild behavior on social media. She posted a suggestion that Pope Leo XIV is Satan, numerous posts about the Epstein files, various antisemitic posts, and a post saying the birth of her child in 2020 kicked off the 7-year tribulation, or the end times. Facebook\/@Lindsay-Hansen<\/p>\n The Bay Area \u2018racist karen\u2019 was arrested Wednesday after invasive license plate cameras identified her vehicle \u2014 hours after she drove around and berated an innocent San Jose father walking with his child. Yosemite Shyam<\/p>\n An automated license plate camera. Flock Safety<\/p>\n Automated license plate cameras, which police use to identify and track vehicles but have drawn privacy concerns, helped cops identify Hansen\u2019s vehicle, police said. Her license plate is visible in the viral video.<\/p>\n Her bail is listed at $10,000, and no court date was listed, according to jail records.<\/p>\n The San Jose Police Department announced Thursday that officers arrested Hansen in connection with the encounter involving the San Jose father, in which police said she made \u201cdiscriminatory remarks at them,\u201d and another incident at a San Jose high school. Police also said she was linked to a \u201cseries of other incidents that occurred in the city of San Jose.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSJPD Assaults Unit Detectives began a comprehensive investigation into all reported incidents and subsequently located and arrested the suspect in the city of San Jose. She was booked into Santa Clara County Main Jail for multiple crimes, including stalking and hate crimes,\u201d police wrote.<\/p>\n \u201cThe San Jose Police Department is aware of the allegations circulating online and we remain committed to thoroughly investigating any reports of crime victimizing our community,\u201d the department added.<\/p>\n Hansen, who is a mother, had made a series of bizarre claims on social media. She posted a suggestion that Pope Leo XIV is Satan, numerous posts about the Epstein files, various antisemitic posts, and a post saying the birth of her child in 2020 kicked off the 7-year tribulation, or the end times.<\/p>\n Her symptoms include delusions, auditory hallucinations, and paranoia, the doctor wrote. Facebook\/@Lindsay-Hansen<\/p>\n Hansen\u2019s antics were revealed after a viral video was posted of her interaction with the San Jose father and his child. Facebook\/@Lindsay-Hansen<\/p>\n She also posted court paperwork related to her past psychiatric treatment, which included an involuntary commitment Telecare Heritage Psychiatric Health Facility under a 5250 hold in 2022.<\/p>\n In a declaration and petition for determination of capacity to refuse consent to medication filed by Bay Area psychiatrist Dr. Shellie Kahane in May 2022, the doctor wrote that Hansen showed symptoms consistent with bipolar disorder and was experiencing a manic episode with \u201cpsychotic features.\u201d<\/p>\n Her symptoms included delusions, auditory hallucinations, and paranoia, the doctor wrote.<\/p>\n Kahane wrote that Hansen did not believe anything was wrong with her or that she needed medication. The doctor said Hansen \u201cbelieves it is her job \u2018to drive around and ID pedophiles\u2019 and wants to continue to do so,\u201d according to the filing. The filing said she had been prescribed Invega, an antipsychotic medication.<\/p>\n Hansen\u2019s antics were revealed after a viral video was posted of her interaction with the San Jose father and his child.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m recording you too. I work with the feds. Have a good day,\u201d she says in the footage. Yosemite Shyam<\/p>\n The video poster described himself as brown and his daughter as half-white, and said the woman had harassed them multiple times in their neighborhood. Yosemite Shyam<\/p>\n In the video, Hansen can be heard ranting at the pair through her passenger-side window, claiming she\u00a0worked with federal authorities<\/a> and accusing the father of sex trafficking his child.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m recording you too. I work with the feds. Have a good day,\u201d she says in the footage.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m just making sure that you\u2019re not sex trafficking this poor little girl who\u2019s very unhappy to be with you and doesn\u2019t look like you,\u201d the woman says.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s a white little girl and you are a man of color. So I believe you are either buying or selling or trafficking this child.\u201d<\/p>\n The video poster described himself as brown and his daughter as half-white, and said the woman had harassed them multiple times in their neighborhood.<\/p>\n Police said Thursday that the investigation is still ongoing.<\/p>\n Anyone with information regarding these cases is asked to contact SJPD Assaults Unit Detectives at (408) 277-4161.<\/p>\n Download The California Post App, follow us on social, and subscribe to our newsletters <\/p>\n California Post News: Facebook<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, TikTok<\/a>, X<\/a>, YouTube<\/a>, WhatsApp<\/a>, LinkedIn<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t
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