Man arrested after harassing woman as un-American for wearing Puerto Rico flag shirt

[DonViejo]

BY ARIS FOLLEY - 07/10/18 09:26 AM EDT

An Illinois park is facing scrutiny after a woman alleged one of its officers avoided responding when she was being harassed by an intoxicated man who called her shirt bearing a Puerto Rican flag un-American.

The man has since been arrested for assault and disorderly conduct, according to the park.

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Link to tweet

In a video Irizarry shared of the incident on Facebook that has since been deleted, CNN reported that the man also asked, "Are you a citizen? Are you a United States citizen?" while walking closer to her.

After being approached by the man multiple times, Irizarry reportedly asked a park police officer for help in dealing with the intoxicated individual, adding that she felt threatened by the unknown man. "I am renting this area and he's harassing me about the shirt that I'm wearing,” the woman said to the officer.

"Officer, I feel entirely uncomfortable, can you remove ... please officer" she continued to say as the officer reportedly was seen walking away from Irizarry on the video, as reported by CNN.

"Officer, I'm renting, I paid for a permit for this area.. I do not feel comfortable with him here, is there anything you can do?” the woman continued, before the officer eventually confronted the man who reportedly told him to "shut the f--- up."

A female officer reportedly arrived the scene and also confronted the intoxicated man, asking to see his ID.

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[dalton99a]

1. The most useless cop ever

A cowardly racist just like the drunk

[oasis]

2. Deplorable Snakes of America.

[Phoenix61]

3. The police officer needs to be fired

There is no good reason for his lack of action.

[Maraya1969]

4. That cop should be suspended. The man was right up in her face, harassing her and being threatening

She was obviously afraid and the cop just ignores it????? And then asks her if she is a citizen??????

He needs to be punished for such reprehensible behavior as a police officer.

[brush]

5. Seems some cops only take action when it's white people calling them...

to arrest POCs.

[dalton99a]

6. +1

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

8. Well, he did "take action" when a man stood up to this inbred bigot. The he got all "cop like" and

told the young man to step back from the instigator.

[uponit7771]

11. +1

[Liberal In Texas]

7. The drunk guy is just another fine example of the stupid we have to overcome

to get this country back on track.

Probably an avid Fox watcher.

[Kingofalldems]

9. Is that guy an Oberlin graduate?

[Gothmog]

10. The Police Officer is being investigated

Link to tweet

[Tatiana]

12. This police officer should be reprimanded and face serious discipline.

The woman was obviously being harassed. What is this country coming too.

And most PRicans wears the flag. That drunk idiot must not have many interactions with non-whites.

[uponit7771]

13. Unprofessional cop, at the least he was being a nuisance and disrupting what they were doing.

[radius777]

14. The cop must be fired,

anything less is unacceptable.

He stood by and looked the other way while a belligerent drunk white man racially berated this latina woman who rented the space for a birthday party.

What if the guy had a weapon and killed her... this is bullshit .. and then the cop tried to stop the brother from trying to protect her... clearly the cop is sympathetic with the attacker's views.

We are reverting to the pre-civil rights era in many ways, where the cops and the Klan were basically the same thing.