The Memorial Day holiday for James Ahn - a Korean-American Air Force veteran who lives in Fremont, California - should have been a day full of honor, reverence and pride. I later realized that this was more like a hate crime than road rage," he continued. "Oh my God, Chinese ugly, ugly Chinese," she screamed in the video. "This is my country, since I am a citizen plus a veteran currently serving this country," said Ahn. "Fremont has zero tolerance for any kind of hate crime," she said.