An African American woman, who wishes to remain nameless, was attacked on April 21st by an increasingly hostile pedestrian in Washington DC. The alleged encounter was later corroborated by security footage from the Starbucks she was sitting outside of. The woman says that her attacker seemed to have been enraged by nothing but the fact that she was wearing a hijab; a headscarf that only covers a woman’s hair and is usually associated with more moderate forms of Islam. At no point in either the Muslim woman’s account or in the video footage does she appear to say anything to the irate woman to cause her alarm.
Worse yet, the victim claims that the unhinged passer-by doused her with a liquid that didn’t appear to be water:
She came around and took out a water bottle and poured the contents over my head and all over me. It didn’t burn my skin or anything but it had a strange smell to it.
-Victim
The woman actually left when the victim called the police with her cell phone. Despite her explaining how threatened she felt, the police said they weren’t able to help and left shortly after arriving. The assailant then returned to douse her with the unknown liquid and greet her with several more racial and religious slurs. Police have now said that they are willing to pursue the woman pictured in the security footage and charge her with assault. In the video, she appears to lunge at the victim dousing her with whatever liquid she had gone to get and pushing her off the bench.
A caucasian lady with blonde hair walked right past me then as soon as she sat down she started talking about me saying: F’ing Muslim trash, worthless piece of Muslim trash, you all need to go back where you came from.
-Victim
The woman makes her concern about the victims race and religion very clear and this is why she may be charged with a hate crime if she’s ever brought to justice. It may go without saying but this irate bigot was a Trump supporter and after insulting and drenching the innocent Muslim woman goes on to give her a short lecture about Mr. Trump and his thoughts on race and religion.
If Donald Trump wins the nomination – I’m going to vote for him – so he can send all of you all back to where you came from. I’m more nervous than ever and I’ve lived over here for six years.
-Victim
Though Donald Trump has threatened to deport 11 million Mexican immigrants and suggested that we stop admitting Muslims into the country he hasn’t said anything about Muslims who are already living here. It’s also unclear where this particular Muslim woman could feasibly be sent since she appears to be an African American woman born in this country who converted to Islam. Nevertheless, this particular Trump supporter seems to have gleaned her views on religion from Mr. Trump and the things he says; meaning that without winning any elected office it’s possible for him to do damage to our society.
Featured image via video screen capture