Innocent bystander pepper sprayed and arrested by Westlake security during protest

[WolfHaley]

This happened about five days ago

What allegedly happened:
This just happened in Seattle. A group of nonviolent protestors in support of Palestine were being harassed by a WHITE MAN, this mall cop comes out and maces and detains a black man WITH NO AFFILIATION TOWARDS EITHER GROUP. RAYMOND WILFORD, AN INNOCENT BLACK MAN JUST WALKING INTO THE WESTLAKE MALL. The protestors are actively telling the mall cop that he MACED THE WRONG GUY, that the black man did nothing wrong, and he still handcuffs him and DENIES him water to flush out his eyes being offered by the protestors.

YouTube description:
Demonstrators protest the violence in Gaza during a pro Palestine rally in Seattle. As protestors lined the sidewalks in Westlake Park, a pro Israel supporter walks by, harassing the demonstrators, yelling in peoples faces, screaming obscenities, and racial slurs. After crossing the street and harassing another group of demonstrators, the man tore off his shirt and began walking towards the group with fists clenched. As someone who wasn’t a part of the demonstration walked by, the pro Israel supporter turned and said something as he passed. The man then turned around as if he was going to swing, but thought better of it. The pro Israel supporter squared off with him, but a Westlake security guard who was watching the interaction pulled out his pepper spray, and sprayed the innocent passerby, grabbed him by the arm and tried to wrestle him to the ground. He was eventually led off into Westlake Center as SPD arrived on the scene. Photos of events before the protest can be seen here...

Video:
[video=youtube;mfWjgAK-VsQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfWjgAK-VsQ[/video]

 

[Joon]

Racism or Government Oppression?

 

[iNotorious]

Dam that's messed up.

 

[WolfHaley]

Racism or Government Oppression?

Incompetent officer, potentially racist.

 

[Cunning Linguist]

No such thing as an innocent black man in Seattle

 

[Joon]

No such thing as an innocent black man in Seattle

We are all innocent until proven guilty or so I was told.

 

[Zealotic]

Detestable

 

[j1388686]

Things like this make me want to do ************** to police officers. They can't be trusted (A good majority of them anyway.)

 

[Blunt]

We are all innocent until proven guilty or so I was told.

Lol, nowadays it's guilty until proven innocent.

 

[-Punk-]

Stopped reading at black man :/ it's getting ridiculous .

 

[WolfHaley]

Stopped reading at black man :/ it's getting ridiculous .

The inclusion of him being a black man is important not to say "Oh look a white man is picking on a blind man again" but that it was reported that a white man was harassing the group, and the mall cop went after someone of a completely different race. Asian, Hispanic, Native American, it would have been just as bad.

 

[Ōkami]

It's Seattle. No black is innocent and no cop isn't corrupt.

 

[Avani]

Time to sue.

Some people are pure idiots and companies should take responsibility for hiring them.

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[Wolfus]

Racism or Government Oppression?

Don't start again with the "opressive system" crap.

A racist cop, evidently, as the guy didn't even seem to be involved in either group, as described.

But anything that happens these days, there's always stupid moralist claiming that the system is opressive, or society, and all this h*t over and over again. If you dislike the system so much, move to cuba, goddamn it. I'm pretty sure you'll love it in there.

The situation was opression, indeed. There's no reason to extend a racist cop's characteristic to the ENTIRE system without any extensive logic.

 

[Angelic.]

the second officer screams like a girl meanwhile the guy who was maced is toughing it out. cops are dicks.

 

[Wolfus]

The inclusion of him being a black man is important not to say "Oh look a white man is picking on a blind man again" but that it was reported that a white man was harassing the group, and the mall cop went after someone of a completely different race. Asian, Hispanic, Native American, it would have been just as bad.

Even if it was another white guy. The negative fact here is that a man is being arrested for no reason. Any noticeblle characteristc/difference that the man being arrested posseses only classifies the cop's action: Racist, corrupt, etc. It doesn't make it better or worse.

That's how people should read it.

 

[WolfHaley]

Time to sue.

Some people are pure idiots and companies should take responsibility for hiring them.

You must be registered for see links

Exactly. Not sure how any intelligent person can just brush off like a dozen people who saw it happen and were part of it saying this guy had nothing to do with it. The cops in this Vancouver story just sound like thugs.

 

[WolfHaley]

Even if it was another white guy. The negative fact here is that a man is being arrested for no reason. Any noticeblle characteristc/difference that the man being arrested posseses only classifies the cop's action: Racist, corrupt, etc. It doesn't make it better or worse.

That's how people should read it.

I feel like it including his race stresses even more the incompetence of the cop
"Uh yeah, a guy is over here harassing us. Describe him? Yeah he's 6'2, 190, white guy, brown hair. Oh thank you. Yay you're here, he went right over-Wait what are you-No officer he's black, I said whi-stop, put that pepper spray away, he's not the ri-Stop! He's not even the same description!"
"AHMAHGAWD LEMME DO MAH JOB!"

 

[Wolfus]

the second officer screams like a girl meanwhile the guy who was maced is toughing it out. cops are dicks.

Bold- Yes, every cop is a ****. That cop that lost his life trying to protect an innocent from a criminal? Total d*ck. A cop that saved innocent people from criminals? Man, what an assh*le.

You dislike cops? Try living without them. You're probably thinking that it would get better, but I have shocking news for you: It wouldn't! Why? Because the criminals don't give a f*ck about innocent citizens. Without any resistance, they would rob and kill more and more.

Yes, there are useless and corrupt cops, evidently. But "the cops" aren't the problem. The corruption is.It's not restricted to the police only.

So stop being an idiot. We need the police, and I don't want to die because a bunch of dumbasses like anarchist ideals.

 

[Sakura Bunny]

This stuff has been happening forever. It's being focused on more now.. because of what happened with Eric Garner.