PLANO, Texas — A girl has been arrested and faces a potential hate crime cost after she was captured on video in a racist rant and assault on ladies of South Asian descent in a suburban Dallas parking zone, officers stated Thursday.
Plano police stated in an announcement Esmeralda Upton, 58, of Plano, was arrested and charged with misdemeanor assault and terroristic risk costs. She remained in metropolis jail Thursday with bond set at $10,000.
The assertion stated the incident additionally was being investigated as a hate crime. Jail officers had no lawyer listed for Upton.
The incident occurred shortly after eight p.m. Wednesday exterior a Plano restaurant. A widely-circulated video recorded by the ladies of Indian descent confirmed Upton unleashing a profanity-laced rant on them, difficult their presence in the USA, threatening to shoot them and bodily assaulting the lady taking pictures the video.
It was unclear from the video what, if something, triggered the rant and assault.
