A woman has been arrested after authorities said she was caught on video assaulting a group of women of South Asian descent in a parking lot in Plano, Texas on Wednesday night.
By Simrin SinghA woman has been arrested after authorities said she was caught on video physically and verbally assaulting a group of women of South Asian descent in a parking lot in Plano, Texas, Wednesday night. The incident is under investigation as a possible hate crime. with misdemeanor assault and terroristic threat, the Plano Police Department reports. She has since been released from custody after posting $10,000 bond, Plano police spokesperson Andrae Smith confirmed to CBS News.
Plano police added that officers did not arrest Upton at the scene because"the criminal offenses did not occur in the presence of the responding patrol officers." "Suddenly, we heard this woman yelling at us, and she started coming toward us," Banerjee told WFAA."We were shocked by the racial slurs that she used."
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