San Francisco police are investigating whether a racist rant against an Asian woman was a hate crime. The incident happened on Wednesday around 12:30 in the afternoon in San Francisco’s Sunset neighborhood. Sophia Shih was returning home when she noticed a white sedan parked in her driveway, reports KTVU. When the driver returned to his car, she asked him not to park there. That’s when the man, 31-year-old Nathan Cole, started yelling at her.

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Shih called 911 as the man allegedly followed her around and hurled racial slurs at her. Surveillance video and neighbors cellphones caught the incident.

“Foreign a** b***h,” the suspect yelled allegedly. “Dog eating b***h. Cat eating b***h. You eat dogs huh? You eat dog.”

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Neighbors heard the commotion and came out to help her. According to the San Francisco police, when they arrived on the scene they had to pepper spray Nathan Cole because he did not comply with their orders. But he was able to get in his car and drove off. Police, however, later arrested the man after they located him.

“Scary, very scary,” Shih told KTVU. “I mean this community is all old people and then Asian people live around here.“

“He step so close to my face, almost step on my feet,” she continued. “I could say step on my feet and I tried to back off.”

Sophia Shih immigrated from Taiwan 30 years ago and is a naturalized citizen. “I really feel sad because here is a happy and quiet community,” she said. “I’m afraid, this country is not safe anymore.”

Nathan Cole of Daly City was working for the Caviar delivery company. Caviar issued a statement to KTVU that they “disabled” Cole’s account.

“Caviar does not tolerate any racism, discrimination, or harassment on our platform. We take these types of allegations extremely seriously and have disabled this courier’s account.”

Nathan Cole faces charges of disobeying a police officer and resisting arrest. San Francisco police are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime because of the language he used. They are asking for Shih to collect her neighbors’ cell phones and surveillance videos for evidence.