Video Purports to Show Anti-Muslim Exchange at Reston Store

Muslim friend of mine got harassed at a Trader Joe's in Reston, VA. pic.twitter.com/Ki8gc1RZio

— Jeremy McLellan (@JeremyMcLellan) May 7, 2017

A video purporting to show a woman making anti-Muslim comments while in line at the Reston Trader Joe’s store has received local, national and global attention since it was first posted early Sunday.

Comedian Jeremy McLellan posted the clip on social media after, he says, a friend of his — a Muslim woman who took the video and bore the brunt of the woman’s rant — sent it to him.

“I wish they didn’t let you in the country,” the woman said to the video-taker, who replies that she was born in the U.S.

Here’s how it started, according to McLellan:

She then started talking bad about a different Muslim woman in the store (who was wearing niqab) and asking my friend why she didn't cover

— Jeremy McLellan (@JeremyMcLellan) May 7, 2017

That's when my friend started filming. Warning sign was probably the whole cart being used for a handful of avocados.

— Jeremy McLellan (@JeremyMcLellan) May 7, 2017

Twenty-four hours after the video was posted, despite extensive news coverage, the woman had still not been publicly identified and certain details of the story have not yet been independently verified. A manager at the Reston Trader Joe’s, for instance, told WJLA (ABC 7) that he could not confirm the video was shot in the store.

On social media, the video has prompted an outcry of near-universal condemnation of the woman’s remarks. The clip has amassed hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of views