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We are worried and scared for her

I was doing laundry at Easy Wash Laundromat in California. The laundromat workers are a man and woman who are either Cambodian or Vietnamese. I heard the lady yell. A tall man was yelling at the lady who works there calling her a “d-mn Asian b-tch” and saying, "That's what you get." He had thrown a cup of water on her. Her hair was all wet. He went outside and continued to yell and said, "I'll come back and set you on fire.” I went to the front and took a video of him yelling. He was making threats about harming her. He kept yelling, “You b-tch!” He pulled up his hood and got into his car.

Me and my husband urged the woman to call 911. She said this man came the night before and was yelling at her and waited outside (to attack her). She called her boss who said he would call the police. The police never came according to her. Tonight I called the non-emergency number because the man had left. They listened to me but said she must call herself to file a report. Me, my husband, and another man tried to talk to her but there was spoke limited English. She said she wasn't afraid. But we are worried and scared for her.

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.