The father who called police on a black man says he did not want to target the man based on race

[Eugene]

Source: CNN

The father who called police on a black man says he did not want to target the man based on race

By Nicole Chavez, Stephanie Elam and Amir Vera, CNN
Updated 2320 GMT (0720 HKT) July 9, 2019

(CNN) — A man who called police on a black man on the Fourth of July said he did not want to unfairly target the man based on his race.

Christopher Cukor, speaking of his encounter with Wesly Michel, said "past experiences and fears" can cloud someone's intentions.

"I'm sorry my actions caused Wesly to feel unfairly targeted due to his race," Cukor said Tuesday in a statement posted on Medium.

Cukor identified himself as the man on a video shared by Michel that has garnered more than 1.2 million views. In the video, a young boy came to the defense of Michel, who is black, as the boy's father questioned and later called the police on him after he said he was waiting for a friend at a San Francisco apartment building.

During the three-and-a-half-minute recording, the boy can be heard pleading with his father not to call police on Michel, whom the father says is a "trespasser" in his building.

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Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/09/us/san-francisco-police-called-on-black-man-trnd/index.html

[uponit7771]

1. Looks like the kid knows what racism look like

[TheBlackAdder]

2. It seems to look a lot like his dad.

[33taw]

4. I think there is more than racial motivation going on.

The father of the caller was murdered by an intruder who I believe was white. His fear could have been out of proportion based on that incident. He could have handled it better. I am sure the child had fears related to the past as well.

[moondust]

5. Just watched the CNN story.

Apparently Michel was a friend of somebody who didn't live there but who was there visiting somebody who did live there, suggesting Michel may not have even known the actual resident's name. Thus he couldn't give Cukor a name. I can understand why Cukor would be suspicious given the history of some robberies in the place. In the interest of building security I, too, would have probably asked the guy to identify himself and whom he was visiting and done something similar if he refused.

[MrScorpio]

6. Well, now he can see first hand

Why it’s never a good look for white people who self-appoint themselves to be the police of black bodies.

The power of social media works out positively here.

No one owes these busybodies anything. And they should understand that any white person who calls the police on a black person who’s doing nothing more than going about their own business in public, is actually committing a potential attempted murder by proxy.

Calling the police in these situations could end up with a black person losing their life for simply existing within the proximity of white people.

I believe that whenever white people do this, they pretty much wish that it would happen.