'Trump might deport you': Woman launches racist abuse at Iranian-born US citizen on the train, calling her a 'Middle Eastern terrorist' and an 'evil little pig' in shocking viral video
- Ivet Lolham had been speaking on phone with her father in Assyrian
- She was riding the Bay Area Rapid Transit train on her way home
- Woman launched tirade at Lolham, saying: 'Trump might deport you'
- Lolham told her video would go on Facebook, but she was undeterred
- She added: 'I think you are an ugly, mean, evil little pig who might get deported and I pray that you do'
- Video posted on Friday has been shared more than 47,000 times
A US citizen was verbally attacked by a woman who called her a 'Middle Eastern terrorist' and said 'I think you are an ugly, mean, evil little pig who might get deported and I pray that you do'.
Ivet Lolham had been speaking on the phone in Assyrian when she was riding the Bay Area Rapid Transit train on her way home.
Soon after, a woman launched a shocking tirade at Lolham, who filmed the encounter in a video that has been shared more than 47,000 times since it was posted to Facebook on Friday.
A woman (pictured) verbally attacked Ivet Lolham on the BART, calling her a 'terrorist' and said 'I think you are an ugly, mean, evil little pig who might get deported and I pray that you do'
Lolham, who was born in Iran and speaks four languages, said she talked to her father on the phone in her native language, asking him to pick her up from the station.
The video starts with Lolham pointing her camera phone at the woman and declaring, 'Go ahead, say it again.'
The woman said: 'Trump might deport you. You are breaking the law right now with what you're doing.
When Lolham informed her that she was going to post the video on Facebook, the woman was undeterred.
She continued: 'This woman is a stalker from the Middle East. She's a Middle Eastern terrorist, she's terrorizing citizens like me and she will probably get deported.
When another voice interjected in the background, she retorted: 'Oh you shut the f*** up. You're all stalkers, don't lie.
When Lolham repeated that the video was going on social media, the woman said: 'I don't give a f***! No one is going to watch it on Facebook....
'I think you are an ugly, mean, evil little pig who might get deported and I pray that you do.'
When Lolham said, 'I'm a citizen,' the woman shot back: 'Oh, then you're okay. Lucky you, lucky you, you made it just under the wire.'
Lolham said other passengers eventually jumped in and called the police, and the BART tweeted this in response
Lolham said other passengers jumped in and called the police, and the BART tweeted: 'With civil discourse deteriorating we want to make clear, threats to riders or employees will not be tolerated. Be decent to each other.'
Lolham told NBC: 'I did nothing to provoke the woman, but she just wouldn't stop. I don't feel safe anymore that's all I can say...I don't want to take BART anymore.'
With a number of racist incidents reported since the elections, Lolham said: '[Trump] needs to say something about this. He has to stop people, this is just not right. People need to be kind. They need to spread love, not hate.'
ABC issued a statement after the video was published, saying: 'People who know the woman shown in the video, who engaged in a racist rant, have contacted ABC7 News.
'They say the woman is living with mental illness and they are concerned for her safety.'
Lolham could not be reached for comment.
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