‘Me llamaron delincuente’, dice mexicano que vivió racismo en EEUU

Ante las protestas contra los actos de racismo en el mundo, aún hay personas que se convierten en víctimas, como fue el caso de un hombre mexicano-estadunidense, quien no podía ingresar a su hogar, debido a que una pareja blanca se lo impidió.

El hecho ocurrió en un complejo de apartamentos en San Francisco, en la ciudad de California, Estados Unidos, cuando uno de los residentes americanos dijo que "no dejarían entrar a un delincuente en su complejo, ya que necesitaban protegerlo".

 

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PLEASE HELP ID HIM. TRIGGER WARNING: On the topic of #racism in San Francisco. Excuse my language in the video, I was a bit shaken up and my Chicano from Compton came out! Today I was not let into my complex by a white couple from Florida that said they would not let a criminal into their complex as they needed to protect it. They thought I was trying to tailgate them to break in and rob them/other cars in the garage. They were driving in full speed, stopped poked their head out and saw a brown boy in a hat and put their car on break. . . They called me a criminal, told me if I TRULY lived there then I should be ok going around and trying again after they went inside. I showed them my keys and garage remote and they still insisted I leave. My neighbor was out smoking and tried to intervene. As soon as they threatened to call the cops, I started recording. This video is four minutes long and I dealt with this for 4 minutes prior to this. . . My neighbor, who\u2019s also white felt bad because he was not going to tolerate racism, and tried to get them to move. The man in the passenger seat came out and beat him, and threatened to shoot us if we didn\u2019t leave. Security eventually arrived and the man still insisted I leave. The girlfriend tried to pay us to not call the cops and not press battery charges. Police arrived and I have filed a report along with my neighbor. I had to move parking spots as he threatened to shoot us both. This is NOT ok and this goes to show you that racism is well and alive in SF. The gf claimed that "we don\u2019t see color". \ud83d\ude44\ud83d\ude44\ud83d\ude44 *Apparently his name is William and she\u2019s Ellie

Una publicación compartida de Jackfroot (@jackfroot) el 24 Jun, 2020 a las 12:18 PDT

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El afectado, Michael Barajas, quien es educador comunitario, intentaba parquear su automóvil en el estacionamiento del complejo, pero el hombre blanco se colocó frente a él y se negó a vanzar.

Barajas de 28 años, dijo a la cadena KNTV que debido al "clima político actual, y ciertamente soy mexicoamericano, y esa retórica de que somos criminales, simplemente golpeó fuerte, golpeó cerca de casa".

Sin embargo, en una publicación de Instagram, Michael mencionó que el agresor "pensó que estaba tratando de atraparlos para entrar y robarlos", además de que "amenazó con dispararnos si no nos íbamos".

Michael Barajas señaló que las autoridades llegaron al lugar, a pesar de que la mujer blanca intentó pagarles para no llamar a la policía.