The two women, their fingers extended at each other, clearly thought that too much was at stake.
Linda Dwire was outraged over two women speaking Spanish in the aisle of a grocery store in Rifle, Colo., on Monday. She confronted them over what she believed was an erosion of American values.
Then another woman intervened to restore civility in a personal moment inflamed by national tension over immigration policy and American identity.
“I’m calling the cops. You leave these women alone! Get out!” roars Kamira Trent in a video taken by one of the women.
“You come from a generation — ” Dwire begins to reply.
Trent cuts her off. “No I do not. I have respect. You do not harass people.”
Dwire points at Trent.
“You will lose your country,” she says. “You know what, you will lose this country.”
Dwire heads down the aisle as Trent continues, and a store employee gives chase. “You do not harass Hispanic women!” Trent says. Continue Reading