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edbermac

(15,919 posts)
Thu May 24, 2018, 07:04 PM May 2018

Driver launches racist rant against Asian motorist.

A driver in California was caught on video spewing an ugly, racist rant against Asians when another motorist wasn’t driving fast enough for her — but she won’t face charges, police said.

The unidentified woman launched into the xenophobic tirade after she got stuck behind another driver, James Ahn, in Fremont — and started harassing him over his race despite the fact he was driving the posted speed limit of 35 mph, he said.

“As I changed the lane, she kept driving towards my car gesturing to crush me and cutting in front of me to slam on the break,” Ahn posted Monday on Facebook. “I later realized that this was more like a hate crime than a road rage.”

A passenger in Ahn’s car then started recording the dispute and caught the woman making an offensive gesture using her hands and eyes toward Ahn, who is originally from South Korea, according to his Facebook profile.

“This is not your f–king country,” the woman said. “This is my country.”

The irate woman also commented about Ahn’s appearance, saying, “Oh my God, Chinese ugly, ugly Chinese,” according to the 9-second clip.

Ahn reported the incident to Fremont police on Wednesday, but investigators determined that no crime actually occurred, police spokeswoman Geneva Bosques told The Post.

“What we have here is hate speech,” Bosques said during a telephone interview. “And we met with her and she does not deny that she did any of this. But she claims he started it by saying to go back to her country.”

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Driver launches racist rant against Asian motorist. (Original Post) edbermac May 2018 OP
hands off the wheel: careless/reckless driving? yonder May 2018 #1
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yonder

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1. hands off the wheel: careless/reckless driving?
Thu May 24, 2018, 07:30 PM
May 2018

looking away from the roadway: inattentive driving?

looking like a bigoted fool: no penalty, apparently

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