Video shows white man with hand around Black man's neck as he calls 911 over bike
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The man, speaking into the phone, accuses the man he is holding of stealing a bicycle out of a friend’s yard
Ramon Antonio Vargas
Mon 17 Oct 2022 15.39 EDT
Milwaukee police say they are investigating a viral social media video depicting a white man with one of his hands around the neck of a frightened Black man while calling 911 about a neighbor’s stolen bicycle.
A police spokesperson on Monday said officers know the 62-year-old white man’s identity but didn’t release his name, saying the investigation into the case was ongoing and that its findings would be forwarded to state prosecutors for review of potential charges.
The spokesperson would not confirm or deny the name widely circulated on social media as belonging to the white man seen on video with a hand wrapped around the neck of a Black man, age 24, who is riding a bicycle that doesn’t match the color of the one that the older man purports was stolen.
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