‘Go back to China’: US woman caught on TikTok in racist rant over unleashed dog

A woman in Los Angeles with an unleashed dog was caught in a video hurling racially charged remarks at her Asian neighbour. The two appear to have a history of conflict

Los Angeles laws require dogs to be on a leash on public property and common areas of private property

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A woman walks her dog on a leash in the park. Photo: Getty Images

Published: 5:47pm, 1 Mar 2024

A dispute between two women over an unleashed dog on the Westside of Los Angeles took on racist tones when the woman whose dog was off leash told her Asian neighbour to “go back to China,” according to a TikTok video that has already generated more than 6 million views.

The white woman with the unleashed dog, Denise Olin, was caught in the video hurling racially charged remarks during the February 24 fight with her neighbour after the other woman, who was walking a leashed dog, asked Olin to put her dog on a leash. Los Angeles laws require dogs to be on a leash on public property and common areas of private property.

Olin has since told the Los Angeles Times she regrets her comments.

The two women, who appear to have a history of conflict, began recording each other during the encounter.

“Let me educate you,” says the woman recording the video, who is identified through her TikTok account only as Cindy.

“Let me educate you, go back to China,” says Olin, who is also recording the incident on her phone.