Esmeralda Upton, a 58-year-old Texas woman, was arrested Aug. 25 after she physically and verbally abused a group of Indian-American women outside a restaurant.
The incident came to light after one of the victims used her Facebook account to share a five-minute video of the incident. The video shows a visibly upset Upton using racial slurs before physically assaulting women in the parking lot of Plano’s Sixty Vines diner.
She is heard saying that she didn’t want the women there, and when she sees another woman recording the incident, she attacks her before muttering “ass curry”.
In the middle of the fight, one of the four women in the parking lot called the police and explained what had happened. To this, Upton, who at that moment had left them, returned and hit the caller. The 58-year-old also corrected the woman for calling her a “white woman” rather than a Mexican.
When Esmeralda Upton was asked why she approached the group when no one called her, she exclaimed:
“I hate you fucking Indians… You came to our country and you want everything to be free. I am Mexican American. I was born here. Are you born here? Wherever I go, everywhere you fucking Indians.
Esmeralda Upton even asked one of the women:
“If life in India is so great, why are you fucking here?”
What do we know about Esmeralda Upton, who was arrested the day after the incident
Esmeralda Upton, a Plano, Texas resident, has lived in other Texas cities, including Dallas, Denton, and Midland. The 58-year-old man also lived in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
She works as a realtor at the California Federal Bank and is also a parishioner of the city’s Prince of Peace Catholic Church. The Texas native is the widow of Thomas Paul Upton and has two unnamed sons.
After a lengthy skirmish, the police arrived at the scene and asked the victims to stand aside while they spoke to Upton. The next day, Plano authorities convicted the woman based on testimony. She was charged with petty assault and terrorist threats, and her bail was set at $10,000.
ARREST SETUP On Thursday, August 25, 2022 at approximately 3:50 pm, Plano police detectives arrested Esmeralda Upton of Plano on one charge of assault and one charge of making terrorist threats, and she is being held on bail of $10 000 dollars. A photo of the prison is attached. https://t.co/cEj9RwWdt1
In the video, which has since been shared several times, after Upton sees a woman filing a complaint with 911, she quickly changes her aggressive attitude. She says apologetically:
“You know what. You’re right. Ma’am, I’m sorry. I’m sorry. You know what, world.
Later, when no one interacts with her, she continues to shame the women and calls them “over two hundred pounds”.
Currently, law enforcement officers are investigating the case and have not yet commented on it.
Rani Banerjee, who originally posted the video, wrote an update in the video’s caption. She wrote that they were advised not to discuss the incident further until any conclusions were reached.
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