‘I Thought She Had a Gun’: Mother Shocked After Florida Woman Allegedly Sprays Bear Mace at Black Children, Ages 3 and 6, Playing with Bubbles While Hurling Racial Slurs

An elderly Florida woman was charged after hurling racial slurs and spraying bear mace at two young Black children, ages 3 and 6, who were playing with bubbles in their driveway.

Ada Anderson, 81, was arrested and charged with felony battery following an incident on May 30 with her neighbors.

According to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to a home in Ocala, Florida, where they learned that Anderson became upset with two children as they were playing with bubbles.

The mother of the children, April Morant, told deputies she saw Anderson walk to a fence separating their properties, then spray pepper spray in their direction and call them racial slurs, according to an arrest affidavit cited by WKMG.

Morant reported that the spray touched her and the girls and affect