A post made on Thursday on the NextDoor app, garnering over 600 comments, alleging that a woman who wears a hijab was attacked in her car by a woman yelling anti Muslim slurs at a red light. The post includes video and pictures of a woman violently banging on the car and its windows while cursing and holding up her middle finger on Thursday afternoon at the intersection of Rockledge Dr. and Democracy Blvd in Bethesda. We reached out to Montgomery County Police, who provided us without the following preliminary statement:
“On Thursday, October 26, 2023, at approximately 1:20 p.m., 2nd District officers responded to the area of Rockledge Dr. and Democracy Blvd. for the report of a disturbance. Officers spoke to the complainant and documented the incident.”
On Friday, a video was made by social media personality @TizzyEnt, shining light on the incident. It has been viewed over 77,000 times as of Saturday morning and states the vehicle was damaged by either the woman’s fists or phone repeatedly hitting the hood. TizzyEnt has gained over 6 million followers on various platforms for his content that focuses primarily on social issues. Featured photo courtesy of Google Maps.