Man arrested on hate crime charges after anti-Asian rant at California In-N-Out Burger is caught on video
- Two young adults of Asian descent were targeted with racist and homophobic comments as they recorded a TikTok food review video
- Video of the encounter spread widely on social media, prompting an investigation, leading to the arrest of man who made the rant
Police arrested a Colorado man on hate crime charges after he was seen on a TikTok video making “racist and homophobic” comments at an In-N-Out Burger on Christmas Eve in California.
Two friends of Asian descent were recording a video of themselves when Jordan Krah, 40, approached them “unprovoked” and caused them to fear for their safety, according to a news release from San Ramon police Monday.
Arine Kim, 20, told USA TODAY that she was filming her friend’s reaction to the food when a man approached them.
In the nearly three-minute edited video, Kim can be seen passing her friend a fry when the voice of a man addresses the friends and says several slurs. Kim appears to be shocked as her friend laughs uncomfortably.
“I was taken aback,” Kim said in recalling the incident.
Later, the man can be heard asking the friends if they are “Japanese or Korean” and then states: “You’re Kim Jong-un’s boyfriend, huh?” The man makes a crude statement about “gay sex”.