A Milwaukee community is outraged after a video has gone viral of a white man holding a Black man with special needs by the throat after accusing him of stealing a bike, according to Fox6 News.
The man in the video who is seen choking the black man has been identified as Robert Walczykowski. In the video you can see he is blocking the man from moving. Walczykowski is then seen holding his phone up to his ear appearing to call 911 and is heard telling the operator that the young man stole the bike out of his friend’s yard.
Local racist vigilante man of Milwaukee, WI grabbed a special needs boy by the neck & called the police over a bike stolen 2 days earlier from his neighbor that he admits he doesn’t know what the bike actually looks like, & the person he’s holding didn’t steal it. pic.twitter.com/NJhVxK7oyG
— ChudsOfTikTok (@ChudsOfTikTok) October 15, 2022
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Deangelo Wright, the man who recorded the incident told WISN 12 News reporter, that he was driving when he saw the incident in the middle of the street so he jumped out his car to film. “Just looking at it, it just looked like he was choking a kid. It was sad and very upsetting,” Wright said.
Wright also said he felt compelled to get in the middle of the altercation. “He was shaking. He didn’t really know what was going on, like he was confused. I was telling everyone, God puts you in the situation for a reason, and I think that was for that young man’s sake,” Wright said.
Vaun Mayes, who is a local activist arranged a protest outside the home of Walczykowski, chanting with a group of people and also having two large speakers sitting on the back of a pickup truck. Mayes referred to Walczykowski as a “vigilante” wannabe like Ahmaud Arbery’s killers who falsely accused Arbery of a crime and took it upon themselves to prosecute and persecute him.
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The Root requested for more information on the matter from the Milwaukee Police Department. However, they told WISN 12 News they are aware of the video and the individuals have been identified. The young man’s name was not released but his age is 24 years old, according to YahooNews.
Twitter reacted in complete outrage not only to the video but the slow action from the police department. See a few reactions below!
This suspected white supremacist in Milwaukee who assaulted this special needs Black kid, is allegedly named Robert Allen Walczykowski. Milwaukee PD and DA John Chisholm are deliberately turning a blind eye to this crime.
Remember, it was Milwaukee PD & DAs who enabled Dahmer pic.twitter.com/geQGJpYdrS
— Tariq Nasheed 🇺🇸 (@tariqnasheed) October 15, 2022
In addition to being black, this young man is also special needs. This combination could have been deadly for him if someone wasn’t there to witness this incident. People with special needs are so vulnerable. I ask the police in Milwaukee to give us an update. @MilwaukeePolice
— Elsa Ramon (@ElsaRamonOnAir) October 15, 2022