Cone Health security guard fired after caught pushing a man with a cane down to the floor

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

A elderly man was assaulted at Cone Health Hospital in Greensboro, North Carolina, early this morning.

From our understanding, the officer seen pushing this man as he was leaving is said to be a security officer working for the hospital.

This is DISGUSTING! That elderly man is using a cane to walk-there was no need for this racist officer to push him!

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Cone Health security guard fired after caught pushing a man with a cane down to the floor
A Triad hospital is taking action after a video shows a security guard pushing an older man with a cane to the ground.


GREENSBORO, N.C. — A Greensboro hospital took action after a video showed a security guard pushing an older man with a cane down to the ground Tuesday.

Cone Health officials said the guard no longer works there.

WFMY News 2 viewer Deon Miller shared the video. It showed what appeared to be a security guard arguing in the lobby of the emergency room at Moses Cone Hospital.


We muted the audio due to language in it.

In the video, you see the security guard directing the man to leave and then you see the man turn around.

Then, the video shows the security guard grabbing the man by his backpack and pushing him forward with force.

The man and security guard both fall to the ground toward the exit door. The guard gets up, stands over the man, and again directs him to leave.

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Cone Health sent WFMY News 2 a statement following this incident:

"This video does not reflect cone health's values of caring and compassion and for that we are sorry. We are seeking to contact the gentleman involved in the incident in our emergency department this morning to offer a personal apology. The security guard is no longer employed by cone health."

[rsdsharp]

1. They attempted to contact the man to offer a personal apology.

How many zeros are in apology?

[Maru Kitteh]

4. Going to guess about six or seven AND an apology

will be extracted before all is said and done.

[LoisB]

2. It sounds as if, at the beginning, the man says "they told me to come here". Equally disgusting is

that someone laughs when the man is pushed to the floor and no one stands up to say, "leave him alone, that's not right". Glad the asshole got fired.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

3. Will we ever end racism in this country?

Not in my lifetime. Too much money in it.