Witness: Woman in Asheville racist video rant ripped off hijab, grabbed Black teen’s groin
Citizen Times
ASHEVILLE – A woman who weeks before became known internationally for racist video rants recently attacked a 14-year-old girl and ripped off a woman’s hijab in a dramatic and violent incident described by two women involved.
Rachel Dawn Ruit, 41, of Terry’s Gap Road in Henderson County had drawn condemnation from people worldwide who saw June 13 and July 1 videos of her in downtown Asheville shouting racial epithets and threatening people, at times saying she would sexually assault them.
On July 4, those threats turned real as she attacked a woman wearing a hijab head covering and a 14-year-old girl who was Black, according to the woman who was attacked, Asheville Police Department reports and a passerby who intervened.
