Photo: Cynthia Harrison for City Council Ward 1 Facebook
Ann Arbor, Michigan police are investigating an alleged hate crime involving a city council member, CBS News reports.
Councilwoman Cynthia Harrison said she and her husband were at home sleeping last week when they heard someone loudly knocking on their door.
"I've never really heard anyone knock at my door with such ferocity," Harrison recalled.
When Harrison checked her video camera, the councilwoman saw two strangers and a photo of an ape.
"My heart is beating literally out of my chest. I'm trying to process what had happened, and I see two individuals that I don't recognize," Harrison said.
The two individuals flashed the ape photo at Harrison's front door just a day after the city council approved a resolution to increase police training on hate crime prevention.
"You see that as something that shouldn't happen in this day and age, and as the police chief, I found it as disturbing," Chief Andre Anderson said in a statement.
Though there is no evidence that connects the incident to the hate crime resolution, Harrison believes it was a racist attempt to intimidate her.
Police said they are still investigating the incident.
"I know the individual that is primarily responsible is an adult and that's the focus," Anderson said.
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