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Police: Woman fired after viral racist rant now facing charges

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Woman fired after racist rant goes viral
WATCH ABOVE: A viral video shows a white woman confronting two black women and making racial comments in a Charlotte, North Carolina parking lot – Nov 5, 2018

Authorities say a white woman in North Carolina whose racist rant against two black women having car trouble in an affluent area is facing charges she communicated threats and misused the 911 network.

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Charlotte-Mecklenburg police tell news outlets that 51-year-old Susan Westwood was served with outstanding warrants Saturday after contacting police in coastal Sunset Beach. Westwood disappeared after the Oct. 19 incident in a parking lot of her Charlotte apartment complex.

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It wasn’t immediately known if she had a lawyer who could comment for her.

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Video went viral of her berating black neighbors she didn’t recognize while they waited for AAA. Leisa and Mary Garris called police twice to report Westwood was harassing them.

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Westwood also called 911, telling the dispatcher she would pay $2,500 “to get them out of here,” according to authorities.

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