WASHINGTON: A Mexican American woman has been arrested for racially abusing Indian American women. She has been identified as Esmeralda Upton. She hurled racist abuses and misbehaved with the four Indian women in Texas. She also tried to physically smack them. The woman was arrested after the video went viral. The incident happened on Wednesday at the parking place in Dallas, Texas. She attacked the women asking them to go back to India.
This is so scary. She actually had a gun and wanted to shoot because these Indian American women had accents while speaking English.
— Reema Rasool (@reemarasool) August 25, 2022
Disgusting. This awful woman needs to be prosecuted for a hate crime. pic.twitter.com/SNewEXRt3z
‘You Indians are everywhere. I hate you people. All these Indians come to America for a better living,’ she is heard saying in the video. In the video reported by CBS News, she is saying ‘Go back to India. You people are ruining this country.’ After the video went viral, the Indian American community were concerned. However, the Indian women responded to her calmly.
The police arrested Esmeralda Upton Thursday afternoon following widespread protests. She has been charged with assault, bodily injury and terroristic threats.