Three Fargoans, originally from Somalia, were stopped Tuesday evening outside of Walmart by a white woman from Mapleton and threatened while dozens of onlookers did nothing to intervene.
The women who were verbally attacked, Rowda Soyan, Sarah and Laleyla Hassan, were enjoying a day off from work when a blonde woman approached. Before they could enter the store around 5:30 p.m., the incident began, and video footage started halfway through the exchange.
“You’re a racist person, and I’m not going back to my country,” Soyan said in near-perfect English in the video.
“I’m an American,” the white woman, who later commented on Facebook about the Youtube video, said. According to the post her name is Amber Elizabeth Hensley, and she is a CPA for Horab & Wentz.
“What are you going to do?” Soyan said.
“We’re going to kill all of you, we’re going to kill every one of you fucking Muslims.”
“I am making a video and I am going to show it to the police,” Soyan said.
“Do you think the police care? Why are you in our country anyway?”
The incident marks the fifth such case this year, Hukun Abdullahi, co-founder of United African Youths, and founder of Afro American Development Association, said.
“It is happening, and I think this must be stopped,” Abdullahi said. “I don’t see any leaders condemning this issue. This will keep continuing.”
During the incident, people entering and exiting the Walmart on 13th Avenue stopped to watch, but no one tried to help.
“No one stood up for us, nobody even said a word, it was a scary moment for all of us,” Soyan said. “She went on and on, and it was really really scary. Out of nowhere, she just came and said those hateful words. It was an ‘Are you out of your mind’ moment?”
Soyan called police, and a report was made under case number 17-61490. Fargo Police were contacted for comment, but were not available.
“Her car had a Trump sign, and she said he’s the one who is going to send us back to our country,” Soyan said.
