Man Calls Driver Racial Slur In Germantown Road Rage Case: Police

GERMANTOWN, MD — Montgomery County Police are investigating a road rage incident in which a man reportedly walked over to a driver, opened his car door, and launched into an expletive-laced tirade. The driver on the receiving end, who said the man called him a racial epithet, recorded the encounter and posted it to social media.

The video of the encounter, posted below, contains profanity and racial slurs.

"People don't believe you when you say stuff like this happens," Crispin Cole told Fox 5. "And I got tired of it and I'm like, okay this one I'm going to document."

Cole said the incident happened on Frederick Road in Germantown Wednesday afternoon. He told the network that he had stopped before a red light to let oncoming traffic turn onto the intersection. The driver behind Cole wanted him to move forward and block the intersection.

"This fellow behind me got upset, but it was a red light," Cole said. "And he just wanted me to move forward and block the intersection, and I didn't do it. So I saw in my rearview mirror he was flicking me off and I kept seeing him mouth the n-word."

Cole said the encounter took a turn for the worst when the light turned green.

According to WUSA9, Cole followed the driver to get his license plate.

In the video, the man leaves his car, opens Cole's door, says the n-word, and threatens to kill him.

In the video, the driver could be heard saying: "You got a f***ing problem, n*****? I'll f***ing kill you, b****. F*** you!"

Racist Road Rage - Germantown, MD
•Driver called ‘N-word’ and threatened
•Police investigating
•He says, man in truck “flicked me off and repeatedly called me the ‘N-word’ at stop light.”
•Driver follows to get license plate and then ... @wusa9 pic.twitter.com/ntOChBSu3R
— LORENZO HALL (@LorenzoHall) February 17, 2019

During the encounter, Cole did not push back.

"You're not supposed to react, because as a black man, I can't do tit for tat," Cole told WUSA9. "I can't match his anger with my anger, because something could happen to me. So, when somebody says that to me, it's not about me. It's about them. Probably having a bad day."

Following the incident, Cole gave the video to police.

On Monday, the Montgomery County Police Department tweeted that detectives are investigating the incident.

The Montgomery County Department of Police are fully aware of the video clip that is circulating the internet showing a traffic altercation - "road rage" - incident. Our detectives are investigating the incident. All facts and circumstances will be investigated fully.
— Montgomery County Department of Police (@mcpnews) February 18, 2019

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