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Ruit, 41, was arrested July 4 after she ripped off a woman's hijab and grabbed a teenager in the groin after saying she needed to be "put down" and threatening to rape her.
She was arrested and charged with simple assault, disorderly conduct and second-degree trespass, all misdemeanors.
Prior to that, Ruit made international news when people posted June 13 and July 1 videos of her ranting racial epithets and making threats.
https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2020/07/13/asheville-racist-video-rachel-dawn-ruit-fire-truck-threatening-injuries/5431418002/
irisblue
(32,982 posts)Threatening a child with rape and sexually assaulting that child, makes for a bad person.
Ruiz, a bad person came to a bad end and I hope her victims find peace, soon
Mad_Dem_X
(9,565 posts)mercuryblues
(14,532 posts)As she should be.
Rorey
(8,445 posts)I hope the firemen are ok.
That is all.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,855 posts)samnsara
(17,622 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,107 posts)JI7
(89,252 posts)irisblue
(32,982 posts)USALiberal
(10,877 posts)struggle4progress
(118,295 posts)Stallion
(6,476 posts)marble falls
(57,112 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)And everything I read about her suggested she had serious mental problems.
The reports are that she stepped in front of the truck.
marble falls
(57,112 posts)that makes the police the default go to for those without resources. She was going to be adjudicated before she got treated. IF she got treated. I have a lot of compassion for her victims, these were not casual nuisance attacks but I have some compassion for her, too.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Awful.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)I took your OP as a straight news story. I saw it on the news also.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)I don't think there's anything funny about any of this.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)The ugly underbelly of racism that exists in this country has been revealed/exposed by this monstrosity in the people's house.
It's as though a rotting log has been turned over and we can now see all the slimy creatures living underneath. (And I hate to insult bugs in this way; at least they have a purpose).
In a way, I think it's a good thing that it's being revealed. To mix metaphors, it's like lancing a very nasty boil. I think pus is a better way to describe the poison infecting the country.
marble falls
(57,112 posts)This was important news and I appreciate you putting it up.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)BannonsLiver
(16,397 posts)AnnieBW
(10,429 posts)N/T
Silent3
(15,234 posts)...after saying she needed to be 'put down' and threatening to rape her" in the legal category of misdemeanor!?
essme
(1,207 posts)Not vilified on social media.
What the hell has happened to us?