<p>A woman has been arrested and faces a possible hate crime charge after she was captured on video in a racist rant and assault on women of South Asian descent in a suburban Dallas parking lot, officials said on Thursday.</p>.<p>Plano police said in a statement that Esmeralda Upton, 58, of Plano, was arrested and charged with misdemeanor assault and terroristic threat charges. She remained in city jail Thursday with bond set at $10,000.</p>.<p>The statement said the incident also was being investigated as a hate crime. Jail officials had no attorney listed for Upton.</p>.<p>The incident happened shortly after 8 pm Wednesday outside a Plano restaurant. A widely circulated video recorded by the women of Indian descent showed Upton unleashing a profanity-laced rant on them, challenging their presence in the United States, threatening to shoot them and physically assaulting the woman shooting the video.</p>.<p>It was unclear from the video what, if anything, triggered the rant and assault.</p>
<p>A woman has been arrested and faces a possible hate crime charge after she was captured on video in a racist rant and assault on women of South Asian descent in a suburban Dallas parking lot, officials said on Thursday.</p>.<p>Plano police said in a statement that Esmeralda Upton, 58, of Plano, was arrested and charged with misdemeanor assault and terroristic threat charges. She remained in city jail Thursday with bond set at $10,000.</p>.<p>The statement said the incident also was being investigated as a hate crime. Jail officials had no attorney listed for Upton.</p>.<p>The incident happened shortly after 8 pm Wednesday outside a Plano restaurant. A widely circulated video recorded by the women of Indian descent showed Upton unleashing a profanity-laced rant on them, challenging their presence in the United States, threatening to shoot them and physically assaulting the woman shooting the video.</p>.<p>It was unclear from the video what, if anything, triggered the rant and assault.</p>