Bay Area community incensed over viral video of woman repeating racist slurs
Residents of Pinole, in the San Francisco Bay Area, are up in arms after a video went viral showing a woman using racist slurs, which has also caught the attention of police and city leaders.
Residents of Pinole, a small city in the San Francisco Bay Area, are up in arms after a video went viral showing a woman using racist slurs, which has also caught the attention of police and city leaders.
The viral video showed a woman in a blue car repeatedly saying the N-word to another woman. NBC Bay Area has decided to not air the audio due to the words’ repeated use.
“Folks from not even around Pinole and around the [Bay] area, but even Los Angeles got a hold of this video, and were asking me ‘was this your city’ and unfortunately the answer was ‘yes,’” said Pinole Mayor Cameron Sasai.
Sasai said this incident happened Sunday in downtown Pinole, in the parking lot outside the Pear Street Bistro. He said the person who filmed the video is a family member of the victim in the incident and reached out to him personally.
Sasai noted that this person is also in touch with the city and that the police department is investigating this as a “hate incident.” Additionally, Sasai said the case has been shared with the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s office for review.
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