On Friday, November 29th near San Francisco, a wild mob at an outdoor mall brutally attacked and choked out an off-duty California Highway Patrolman.
And the whole thing was caught on video.
According to the Bay Area’s KRON, the incident took place around 8 p.m.
A woman at the Emeryville Bay Street Mall believed her phone had been stolen by a group of teens, so she approached them to ask for it back.
In the video, two males — one in a white hoodie and red cap and the other wearing black jeans — appear to threaten the woman. Mr. Red pushes her. Hard.
Finally, a man who — as it turns out — is a Highway Patrol officer steps in to defend the diminutive accuser and de-escalate things.
He takes photos of the cretin crew.
Then, as described by The Sacramento Bee, “Yanking off his hat and sweatshirt, at least one teen charges the man and a wild brawl erupts…”
They’re not kidding — it’s about to be a beatdown. Hence, the policeman hightails it. The swarm catches up with a savage assault.
More buzz from the Bee:
Some of the teens appear to try to intervene while others join in as the chaotic fight moves down a pedestrian walkway, into landscaping and then back onto the walkway, the video shows. Several teens can be seen beating the off-duty officer, sometimes as he’s on the ground.
On Black Friday, the cop blacked out. Detective Jaime Pardo explains:
“He was punched. He was kicked. He was taken to the ground.”
And…
“He was choked. He lost consciousness for a minute…”
But, as noted by ABC7, he eventually rallied:
The off-duty CHP officer regained consciousness and used pepper spray on one of the suspects.
CHP officer Choked unconscious in Emeryville shopping center over Thanksgiving weekend as he tried to help a woman whose cell phone was stolen. 14 & 16 year olds arrested #abc7news pic.twitter.com/vUqPtD3KYM
— Leslie Brinkley (@lrbrinkley) December 2, 2019
Yellow-vested security guards helped break up the ferocious thrashing, and on-duty officers arrived from the nearby Apple store.
The wounded lawman drove himself to the hospital.
KPIX5 reports that two males — ages 14 and 16 — were arrested on suspicion of assault. Officials are searching for six others.
Emeryville police say 8 juveniles punched kicked and choked an off duty CHP officer who was intervening in assault of young woman at Bay Street Mall #abc7news pic.twitter.com/OLj64Luycz
— Leslie Brinkley (@lrbrinkley) December 2, 2019
This wasn’t an incident that occurred in a bad part of town under a railroad trestle. It happened at a nice mall, courtesy of young people wearing what look to be nice clothes.
What is happening in our society that would allow for this?
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-ALEX
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