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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 womans 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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Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)I was hoping for a long recovery, spoon fed by the very people she despised.
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)watching them spit in her food, or feed her a special "chocolate" cream pie.
Nice.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)Fullduplexxx
(7,864 posts)RKP5637
(67,111 posts)RKP5637
(67,111 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)Ilsa
(61,695 posts)I guess God felt like she needed to be removed, and in a hurry.
Maeve
(42,282 posts)Too bad she never got the help she needed
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)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.
RainCaster
(10,883 posts)LakeArenal
(28,820 posts)I can hardly get over hitting a squirrel.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)tavernier
(12,392 posts)But doesnt this remind you a little bit of the zombie apocalypse? Ive heard more stories about people just wandering around shouting obscenities, walking into traffic etc. Something is really wrong.
Ferryboat
(922 posts)Tipperary
(6,930 posts)I doubt he or she would find your post in the least funny.
SiliconValley_Dem
(1,656 posts)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?
irisblue
(32,980 posts)She needed, IMO, psych hold.
That poor FireFighter & crew will live with that forever.
SiliconValley_Dem
(1,656 posts)CRK7376
(2,199 posts)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.....