Bank manager beaten, called racist slur after asking man to wear a mask

[left-of-center2012]

A., who asked to remain anonymous because he is concerned about his and his family’s safety, told The Tribune he was at work at the Wells Fargo on Grand Avenue in Grover Beach, San Luis Obispo County, California the afternoon of Sept. 3 when a man walked in without a mask. A. said he approached the man and “greeted him like I do every other client.” A. asked the man to wear a mask if he was going to do business in the lobby.

“He responded aggressively,” A. told The Tribune in an interview Wednesday. A. offered one of the extra masks the bank keeps on hand for customers, to which the man became even more hostile and at one point began rooting through cabinets and drawers in the bank lobby. A. asked him to stop and warned he would call the police to remove the man from the property. “Then he says, ‘Well, you f----n’ sp--,’ “ said A., who is Hispanic. “He’s like, ‘Come outside.’” Then the man said, “I better not catch you outside,” A. said. “Sort of famous last words.”

A. said he didn’t think much of the incident after the man left, chalking it up to heightened tensions around the county’s mask mandate. But at the end of A.’s shift around 5:30 p.m., the man showed up in the parking lot while A. was trying to get into his car, he said. The man grabbed him by the back and pushed him toward the small wall that lines the parking lot and began “wailing on him,” A. said. When A. looked back to the approaching police to point out his attacker, the man scaled a nearby fence and disappeared.

A.’s wife, who initially contacted The Tribune regarding the incident, said her husband was in the emergency room after the attack with a concussion and lacerations to the head, hand and face. Grover Beach Police Chief John Peters said “Our detectives are following up on some leads currently, so we will see if those pan out.”

https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/article254088843.html

[dalton99a]

1. They're not going to look too hard for him

In April, a group of white men attacked a Black man in front of Brad’s Restaurant in Pismo Beach. One witness, the father of the girlfriend of the man who was attacked, said he felt the incident was racially motivated.

Soon after, the city of Pismo Beach launched an investigation into the incident, saying “racism, violence and hate are not welcome in Pismo Beach.” No arrests have since been announced in the case.

[whathehell]

5. You don't know that..

You can't even say that the failure to apprehend the Pismo Beach attackers is due to a lack of effort -- Maybe they've just not found them yet.

[WestIndianArchie]

24. Or maybe

The attacked have caught on to how this thing works and can assert that this is racially motivated (as usual) Due to their own experiential knowledge.

No one is fooled by the mystery of how racism works in the country.

[whathehell]

27. Huh?

I was responding to the poster, not "the attacked".

[NutmegYankee]

2. Unmasked in a bank. He must be on multiple cameras.

If police don’t find him, it’s because they don’t want to.

[dalton99a]

3. "We may post an image on social media of the suspect"

"We're not in a hurry"

[whathehell]

6. Maybe you could give them five minutes or so to do that..

Just sayin'.

[stillcool]

9. it happened on September 3rd...

[whathehell]

12. Wow.. You mean seven whole days?

I'm just amazed that every crime isn't solved in one whole week.

[stillcool]

16. yeah...seven whole days!!

not every crime has video surveillance. I'm sure they're working very hard on something far more important.

[whathehell]

18. Lol..Sorry, but I don't think anyone here

can be "very sure" of anything in regard to this case.

[stillcool]

19. I don't think anyone here said they 'very sure' of anything

in regard to this case.

not every crime has video surveillance. I'm sure they're working very hard on something far more important.

[whathehell]

20. Lol...I think someone has

Namely, you...In fact, you've just reposted it:

"I'm sure they're working on something much more important"

[stillcool]

21. do you get the "something much more important"?

I really don't know why I'm responding to this. It's kind of funny I guess. Maybe I'm just really bored, because really, who gives a shit?

[whathehell]

22. I did..

but by default,, it's still a.statement of "knowing", because you're speculating about the case in terms of it's comparable importance and it's
prioritization by a group of people you don't know...Just sayin'.

[Aristus]

10. That's a week by my count.

Even cops got to get sick of sitting around eating doughnuts all day. Maybe they could shift those lazy asses and get some police work done...

[whathehell]

13. Wow...Seven whole days?!

Maybe you could go down there and teach them how to do their job?..After all, even Keyboard Warriors must get sick of sitting on their fat asses eating and doing nothing but yelling at their screens.

[Aristus]

14. Looking at a screen is kind of what I had in mind.

As pointed out above, there must be camera footage of this hammerhead. Anyone thought to take a peek at it?

[whathehell]

17. Uh huh, and how do you know they've not done this?

and that, if they HAD done this, one week would necessarily result in a successful apprehension?

[uponit7771]

26. Posted a pic of the asshole? I'd like to see if it they have

[whathehell]

28. You're answering a question with a question?

You may want to review your post for clarity -- I've no idea what you're talking about.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

8. Yep. Post a fucking photo of him and he will be identified by tonight.

[MenloParque]

4. Redneck Riviera

Pismo beach aka California’s redneck riviera. Bunch of ass clowns ripping around the beach on trucks and dirtbikes. Confederate flags and Trump flags on so many of these offroad rigs. Skip it and go to Cambria.

[Hekate]

11. Many cameras inside and outside of banks. It shouldn't be that damn hard for the cops...

And if it is — hey, social media sleuths will be glad to help out!

The bank manager said:

“I’ve been in banking for 22 years now,” A. said. “Folks often maybe disagree with some of the rules and policies and they make their statements — to include threats — and, you know, that’s about it, and they never made good on it.”

This was different, he said.

“It’s crazy,” he added. “The guy went home, he plotted, he laid in wait, he ambushed me. And he called me a ‘sp--.’ I’m thinking, ‘Gosh, you know, he completely escalated on his own. He didn’t like the idea of having to wear a mask.’”

https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/article254088843.html#storylink=cpy

[redstatebluegirl]

15. I have said this before these people are terrorists.

People are afraid to report them, or get their name associated with taking them on for fear of reprisal. Terrorists nothing more nothing less.

[WestIndianArchie]

25. They are dangerous no doubt

You see what they did on Jan 6.

[bucolic_frolic]

23. Assume he's a customer, and was inside with security cameras

should be able to find him.