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A driver in California was caught on video spewing an ugly, racist rant against Asians when another motorist wasnt driving fast enough for her but she wont 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 Ahns 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 fking country, the woman said. This is my country.
The irate woman also commented about Ahns 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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yonder
(9,631 posts)looking away from the roadway: inattentive driving?
looking like a bigoted fool: no penalty, apparently
matt819
(10,749 posts)Follow the Schlossberg treatment.