San Francisco.- A woman was arrested Thursday on suspicion of pepper-spraying a Uber driver in San Francisco, who was coughed and insulted after he demanded that the passenger put on a mask, police said.
Malaysia King, 24, was arrested in Las Vegas on suspicion of corrosive chemical attack, battery and other charges. The woman is being held without bail. At the moment it is unknown if she had a lawyer to represent her.
Arna Kimiai, 24, who was also wanted in connection with Saturday’s attack, indicated through a lawyer that she intends to turn herself in soon, according to a statement from the San Francisco Police Department.
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“The videotaped behavior of this incident exhibits a cruel disregard for the safety and well-being of an essential service worker in the midst of a deadly pandemic“Lt. Tracy McCray said in a statement.
Uber driver Subhakar Khadka, 32, was attacked in the Bayview District area after he picked up three women. When he noticed that one of them was not wearing a mask, Line he stopped the car and told the passengers that they could not continue, according to police.
In one video, the three women in the back seat are seen reprimanding and insulting The line while the car was stopped on the side of the road. At one point, the woman without face mask He coughs at the driver, takes away the cell phone that was on the dashboard and rips off the face mask.
Khadka told KPIX-TV on Tuesday that after the women got out of the car, another woman pepper sprayed her from the passenger window.
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Khadka said she had to get out of the car because she started having trouble breathing.
“I never said anything bad to them, I never cursed, they didn’t educate me that way,” he said.
The line says he believes he was attacked for being an immigrant from South Asia. He came to the United States eight years ago and works to support his family in Nepal.
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