'You…Indians are…': Texas woman arrested for assaulting Indian Americans. Video viral
The incident took place on Wednesday night in a parking lot of Dallas, Texas. The woman, who has now been arrested, is seen in the video identifying herself as a Mexican-American and assaulting a group of Indian Americans.
A group of Indian-American women was assaulted by a Mexican woman in Dallas the video of which has gone viral on social media drawing sharp reactions to the racial attack targetting Indians. The incident took place on Wednesday night in a parking lot in Dallas, Texas. The woman identified as Esmeralda Upton of Plano, has been arrested on a charge of "assault causing bodily injury and a charge of terroristic threats", a report said adding that she is being held on $10,000 bond.
In the viral video, the group of Indian-American women can be heard asking the attacker why she came to talk to the group. "I hate you f****** Indians, that's why. Oh these f****** Indians! They come to America because they want a better life. Thy obviously are not leading a great life in India," the woman said as she also started recording the incident on her mobile phone.
The group of Indian-American countered her and asked why she was making a racial attack to which the woman said, "You come here from India and want everything free."
"I am a Mexican-American. I was born here. Were you born here?" the woman said.
"Because of the way you speak," she said as she was asked why she hates Indians.
"But you are the one who came and talk to me.. I am with my friends," one of the Indian-American women said.
"Everywhere I f****** go, you Indians are f****** everywhere," the attacker said.
"If life is so great in India, then why the f*** you are all here?" the woman asked. "Turn the f****** camera and I am happy to talk. Turn it off," the woman said and then assaulted the Indian-American woman of the group in an attempt to snatch the mobile phone.
What happened after the assault?
According to local news reports, the assault took place at the public parking lot of a restaurant. While the altercation was going on, one of the women of the Indian-American group dialled 911. Police said officials were called to a restaurant parking lot on the 3700 block of Dallas Parkway at about 8.15pm.
'Lived in DFW for 29 years'
Rani Banerjee, one of the women who were assaulted, took to Facebook and wrote that she is in Dallas for 29 years but never felt so 'humiliated, threatened and scared for my life'.
"Dinner with friends ended with a frightening experience. As we left Sixty Vines, Plano and headed towards our cars, an angry, drunk woman came at us with hateful racial slurs and even physically attacked us. We called 911 and thankfully the cops arrived in minutes," Rani posted on Facebook.
'Lot of people asking what triggered this behaviour'
Bidisha Rudra, another woman in the group, wrote on Facebook that a lot of people have been asking her what triggered this behaviour. "Answer in 'nothing'. We were talking amongst ourselves when she walked by and made a racially insinuating comment. And kept coming back to add additional insults as captured in the video. This unprovoked attack terrifies us even more," she wrote.
