Toronto police will not charge men who hurled obscenities at a female journalist as she was doing a live segment from a soccer game.
In an email, police said they had met with Shauna Hunt, the CityNews reporter who confronted the hecklers on Sunday, and decided that charges were not appropriate.
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There are no ongoing investigations into the incident, added police spokeswoman Meaghan Gray.
Hunt says she didn’t file a criminal complaint and that it was never her intention to do so.
One of the men involved in the incident was fired by Hydro One for violating its code of conduct after Hunt’s on-air confrontation with the hecklers set off a firestorm on the issue.
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Calgary police, meantime, have charged a man with hurling the same vulgarity at a female journalist.
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