Overview

• The full interrogation video was uploaded by the YouTube channel Police Release and has drawn wide attention after resurfacing months after the incident reportedly occurred on January 15.
• Store staff show officers CCTV that appears to depict the woman pushing a cart of merchandise past checkout, and a worker says she is a regular shopper though this was the first time she was stopped.
• In the recording the woman says her primary language is Gujarati, notes it is spoken in India, declines an interpreter, and tells officers she holds a Washington state driver’s license.
• During questioning she acknowledges she intended to resell some items, and officers state she will be released that day with a required court appearance and a trespass warning from the store.
• News outlets reporting on the clip note they have not independently verified the video or the woman’s identity, and many reference a separate July Target case in Illinois that prompted a U.S. Embassy visa advisory.