A TikToker captured a disturbing scene at an upscale Las Vegas mall, which she says saw a woman hurl anti-Asian slurs at her and her 6-year-old son before punching the young boy.
'This woman attacked my son. She punched my 6-year-old while yelling racist, anti-Asian things,' TikToker @uhmmajo wrote of the incident, which occurred at the tony Shops at Crystals, located in the CityCenter complex.
The unidentified woman, who could be heard yelling the word 'China' during her racist rant, ultimately turns around and leaves after the argument, before the video ends with her being escorted away by a mall security guard, who the boy's mother says eventually released her without further reprimand.
She was not caught on camera punching the boy, or using any explicitly racist language, and it is unclear what she was saying the word 'China' in reference to.
'I hope the cops picked her up. Mall security just let her go. Yes, we are pressing charges #crystalsmall #arialasvegas #fyp #assault' the video caption read.
TikToker @uhmmajo captured a disturbing scene at an upscale Las Vegas mall, where a woman hurled anti-Asian racist slurs at her and her 6-year-old son
The TikToker states that she punched the Asian mother's son amidst the racist attack
'This woman attacked my son. She punched my 6-year-old while yelling racist, anti-Asian things,' she wrote of the incident, which occurred at the tony Shops at Crystals in Las Vegas
'Stay safe, it's not safe anywhere.'
The jarring incident, video of which was posted Wednesday, comes amid a spike in anti-Asian hate crimes to occur this year, as racist attacks towards Asians continue to skyrocket nationwide.
According to a recent study by the Center for Study of Hate and Extremism, hate crimes reported against Asians are up a whopping 164 percent in 16 of the country's biggest cities since this same time last year.
Researchers with the study analyzed data taken by the nation's largest police jurisdictions, and found 95 anti-Asian assaults or incidents had been reported in the first quarter of 2021.
The same time last year, there were only 36 incidents reported to
