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"Go back to your country"

I was sitting inside my vehicle parked in the second to last parking stall outside a Panera. A grey car parked directly behind and perpendicular to my vehicle blocking both my vehicle in the stall and blocking the lane. The driver of the vehicle was a male in his late 20s. The passenger of the vehicle was female in her late 20s. They both exited the car, leaving the vehicle unoccupied in the middle of the parking lot and blocking both my vehicle and the right lane.


I entered the restaurant to speak with the manager about the vehicle blocking my exit. As I exited the restaurant, I observed the female crouched next to the driver’s side rear door of my vehicle. I suspected that she had or was in the process of damaging my vehicle. As she saw me approach, she quickly entered the grey car through the passenger side. The male entered the car through the driver’s side. I approached the car to ask the occupants about any damage to my vehicle. The female rolled down the window of the car. As she rolled down the window, the male yelled out that I had parked over the line and he had no other choice but to block my vehicle. I mentioned that there was another parking spot that was empty immediately to the left of my vehicle and that the parking lot was nearly empty. He then began to scream expletives and screamed, “Go back to your country!” He then sped off before I could ask about the damages to my vehicle. He rolled down the right passenger window and continued looking in my direction and screaming at me. It was difficult to make out what he was screaming.

Asian Americans Advancing Justice is a national affiliation of five leading organizations advocating for the civil and human rights of Asian Americans and other underserved communities to promote a fair and equitable society for all. The affiliation's members are: Advancing Justice - AAJC (Washington, D.C.), Advancing Justice - Los Angeles, Advancing Justice - Atlanta, Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus (San Francisco), and Advancing Justice - Chicago.