A woman subjected to a racist tirade in a California parking lot has spoken out after a video of the incident went viral. The altercation took place on Sunday morning in Pinole, a city northeast of San Francisco.
In the clip, the perpetrator repeatedly uses a racial slur and mocks the victim's appearance, telling her to 'get out of my face'. The victim, who spoke to KTVU anonymously, described the language as 'unacceptable' and 'vulgar'.
Pinole police responded to reports of a fight outside the Pear Street Bistro on San Pablo Avenue. Officers separated the two individuals involved and classified the incident as a hate incident, not a hate crime, due to the verbal nature of the exchange.
The case has been referred to the Contra Costa County District Attorney's office for review. The woman who used the slurs reportedly has a pending criminal case for theft from a beauty store in Concord.
Pinole Mayor Cameron Sasai condemned the behaviour, stating that 'racial slurs, that racist, anti-Black rhetoric, is not acceptable'. The video has been viewed over 43 million times on social media, sparking widespread outrage.
