San Ramon Man arrested for hate crime after video captures racist rant at In-N-Out

 

San Ramon Man arrested for hate crime after video captures racist rant at In-N-Out
Dec 26, 2022

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A man who was caught on video spewing racist and homophobic remarks to a woman and her friend at a San Ramon In-N-Out on Christmas Eve has been arrested, according to police.

Danville on Christmas morning was the last place and time Abigail Halili and her siblings expected to have an abrasive encounter.

"We heard a guy parked in his car yelling from his window saying keep walking you need to get away from that store, 'you've been the people vandalizing and robbing theses shops,'" said Halili.

The taunts quickly turned racial and included an obscene hand gesture.

Thanks to social media the Halili family quickly learned they weren't the only Asian Americans in the East Bay to be targeted by these racist rants.

You can hear a man off camera say "...you guys filming yourself eating? You're weird homosexuals."

San Ramon Police ABC7 News the suspect seen in Halili's video is the man they arrested Monday afternoon, linked to a racist and homophobic tirade at an In-N-Out in San Ramon on Christmas Eve.

President Biden set to sign Respect for Marriage Act

Following the Senate passage of the Respect for Marriage Act, the House passed the legislation on December 8 and now it heads to the desk of President Biden to be enshrined into law.

The law would ensure federal protections for marriages of same-sex and interracial couples. 

With the Respect for Marriage Act, the Federal government will recognize marriages that were validly performed and guarantee full benefits “regardless of the couple’s sex, race, ethnicity, or national origin.” 

It also requires states to recognize legal marriages performed in other states. It would not, however, require states to issue marriage licenses contrary to state law.

The legislation is overwhelmingly supported by public support for legal same-sex marriage, which hit a new high of 71% in June, according to Galllup tracking polls.