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CatWoman

(79,302 posts)
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 03:52 PM Jul 2020

Infamously racist woman dies after stepping into traffic and getting hit by fire truck

A North Carolina woman who became infamous for multiple racist incidents caught on video has died after being struck by a fire truck.

Rachel Dawn Ruit suffered fatal injuries after she was struck Monday by an emergency vehicle, just days after her arrest for a racist attack on a teenage girl and Muslim woman, reported WLOS-TV.

The 41-year-old Ruit was arrested July 4 after allegedly ripping off a woman’s hijab during a Black Lives Matter demonstration and grabbing a teenager in the groin, telling her she needed to be “put down.” She also was accused of threatening to rape the teen.

“I just witnessed the same lady from that video accidentally step out into traffic on Patton Avenue, going towards downtown Asheville, as she was walking with traffic coming from behind her,” said witness Jonathan Rowell. “The Asheville Fire Department truck that you see in the background is the vehicle that she stepped out in front of.”



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Infamously racist woman dies after stepping into traffic and getting hit by fire truck (Original Post) CatWoman Jul 2020 OP
I don't know how to feel about this Xipe Totec Jul 2020 #1
Yeah, spoon fed, after Ilsa Jul 2020 #3
Wow. Tipperary Jul 2020 #15
Why have her probably one way or another hurt people trying to help her ? No thanks lunasun Jul 2020 #11
I know exactly how i feel about it Fullduplexxx Jul 2020 #2
Yeah! Same here! One less. n/t RKP5637 Jul 2020 #5
... guess she was challenging the firetruck for her right of way ... n/t RKP5637 Jul 2020 #4
Agreed Sherman A1 Jul 2020 #12
One less bad person on earth harassing innocent people. Ilsa Jul 2020 #6
She was obviously very disturbed Maeve Jul 2020 #7
Seems extremely likely. No telling at this point if she Hortensis Jul 2020 #13
I feel sorry for the driver RainCaster Jul 2020 #8
That was my first thought. He has to live with that sound the rest of his life. LakeArenal Jul 2020 #18
+1 2naSalit Jul 2020 #19
A fire truck ? Now that goes on the firefighter's record fault or not and the crew had to see that lunasun Jul 2020 #9
I don't ever celebrate anyone's death tavernier Jul 2020 #10
Karma drives a firetruck Ferryboat Jul 2020 #14
No. A human being was driving that fire truck. Tipperary Jul 2020 #16
I think she was mentally ill and a sad affair all around SiliconValley_Dem Jul 2020 #17
Article from 16 June 2020. irisblue Jul 2020 #20
thank you. I agree SiliconValley_Dem Jul 2020 #22
Darwin strikes again!!! CRK7376 Jul 2020 #21
One less Trump vote. That's all that matters with this woman. NNadir Jul 2020 #23

Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts)
1. I don't know how to feel about this
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 03:55 PM
Jul 2020

I was hoping for a long recovery, spoon fed by the very people she despised.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
3. Yeah, spoon fed, after
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 04:00 PM
Jul 2020

watching them spit in her food, or feed her a special "chocolate" cream pie.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
6. One less bad person on earth harassing innocent people.
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 04:02 PM
Jul 2020

I guess God felt like she needed to be removed, and in a hurry.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
13. Seems extremely likely. No telling at this point if she
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 04:14 PM
Jul 2020

committed suicide or her death was just the last event of a dysfunctional life, or what mental disorders might be involved. People with personality disorders are at special risk of suicide, though, because of self-injurious behaviors that cause them to be despised and rejected by others. The timing does make one wonder.

RIP.

LakeArenal

(28,820 posts)
18. That was my first thought. He has to live with that sound the rest of his life.
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 05:00 PM
Jul 2020

I can hardly get over hitting a squirrel.

tavernier

(12,392 posts)
10. I don't ever celebrate anyone's death
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 04:05 PM
Jul 2020

But doesn’t this remind you a little bit of the zombie apocalypse? I’ve heard more stories about people just wandering around shouting obscenities, walking into traffic etc. Something is really wrong.

 

Tipperary

(6,930 posts)
16. No. A human being was driving that fire truck.
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 04:18 PM
Jul 2020

I doubt he or she would find your post in the least funny.

 

SiliconValley_Dem

(1,656 posts)
17. I think she was mentally ill and a sad affair all around
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 04:18 PM
Jul 2020

my sister who died from cancer relatively young had struggled with bipolar disorder for years. when she stopped medicating, she became someone completely different who acted out in terrible ways including making terribly racist comments.

Racism is bad, but let us blame the correct people.

Do we know any more about this woman's background?

CRK7376

(2,199 posts)
21. Darwin strikes again!!!
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 08:42 PM
Jul 2020

Maybe Darwin should take up residency in NC. We have tons of stupid people that oppose everything about Darwin. Their heads might explode.....Plenty of Test Dummies in NC too.....

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