According to the New York Post, on the evening of June 5, local time, due to the curfew imposed in Greenwich Village, New York, the New York Police Department (nypd) sent riot police to maintain order in the area. A 3-minute video of the scene shows a black man who protested verbally abusing an Asian-American police officer, constantly shouting at the Asian-American officer, and repeatedly shouting insulting words such as "ch-k."
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The area was reportedly declared a curfew from 10 p.m. due to fierce protests erupting near Greenwich Village, but some people still refused to leave and clashed with police. A live video shows a group of officers on a mission at Washington Square Park in the heart of Greenwich Village when they ask a black man to walk down the sidewalk and not to get near a police car, and the black man began shouting and cursing.
The video shows the black man saying, "I'm on the sidewalk, what are you going to do?" Since it was an Asian officer who first asked him to comply with the curfew, he then began to say to the Asian officer, "What's your name?" You're not even from our country, you Chinese guy. Another white policeman persuaded the black man to calm down and signaled his colleague to leave, but the black man still did not spare, following the group of officers, constantly shouting at the Asian officers.
In the process, another man rode past and said to the black man, "Why do you call someone a Chinese guy, man?" Don't call it that, you racist. The black man involved not only did not listen to persuasion, but also yelled at the man on the bicycle, claiming that "black people will not be racist."
The video sparked a discussion online. Some netizens pointed out that the man singled out Asian police officers in a team of police officers to abuse, and actually said that he was not a racist, which was unacceptable, and suggested that the identity of this person be disclosed and his employer fired him.
Pat Lynch, president of the NYPD Police Union, also condemned the incident, saying: "Criminals know that politicians are just talking, and they know that preaching vicious anti-Asian hatred will have no consequences, even if it is directed at a police officer." If politicians really want to 'stop the hate,' they need to first stop demonizing the police. ”
According to abc reporter, the black man in the video is shermanie laster, a cleaner at a health center in Downtown New York.
(Editor: yzm)