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Article doesn't provide full context, only vaguely describes a "violent confrontation" before he grabbed her by the throat (see below for my full breakdown based on a longer video)
news.sky.com
"Crowds have gathered outside Peckham Hair and Cosmetics in Rye Lane after officers were called to reports a young black woman was trying to steal items but was prevented from leaving. She was arrested on suspicion of assault and later bailed."
Here's some more footage which seems to show the entire incident (albeit a bit spliced up, and with an annoying robot voiceover)
Looking at all the information available, here is what seems to have happened:
- Woman goes into the shop to ask for a refund (not sure what the original product was, why she wanted a refund)
- Shop refused the refund request (again, not clear why)
- Woman gets annoyed, starts taking things off the shelf
- Shop staff (unclear who the actual owner is) stands at the entrance and stops her from leaving
- She tries to force her way past him, shop staff pushes her back
- She slaps him in the face with her hand
- Shop staff pushes her more forcefully back inside the store
- Woman hits him over the head with the basket (seems fairly forceful, unclear how sturdy the basket is but I'm sure it's not pleasant)
- Her changes from pushing her to grabbing her by the neck and swinging her around
- Goes back to holding her by the arms about a second later
- Woman starts heeling him in the shins/stamping on his foot (unclear based on the video)
Video cuts out.
edit: some more related events via Twitter:
This one shows the woman attacking the dude with something (maybe a long comb or something, unclear) presumably after the initial altercation since there's already stuff all over the floor
another angle of her attacking him and also hitting stuff off the shelf
Here's some people in the shop (the shutters are down so not sure why they're inside) fighting with others (the Indian-looking dudes might be shop staff or friends/family not sure). Note that the little girl in the corner (pink hoodie) seems to be filming one of the taller girls/women (not sure about age) and then she seems to try to grab the phone off the smaller girl (presumably to stop her filming) at which point the dude intervenes and she starts fighting with him.
Some randomer on Twitter calling her stealing "personal compensation"
Fast-forward to 1:09, says there's no refund policy on the items the person wanted a refund for. The receipt being shown clearly states that (presumably she had a similar receipt). Looks like she wanted a refund on hair extensions or something.
Personally I'd side with the shopkeeper after seeing her be the one to instigate the violence.
From the perspective of a group coming out in support of the woman:
"Sistah Space, a charity which supports women of African and Caribbean heritage, criticised the police for arresting the woman. They told Sky News: "What we all saw in that video was traumatic. People do not understand how triggering this is to watch, much less to experience. "This black woman was attacked and there is no excuse for it, to add insult to injury she was arrested and the perpetrator was left alone at the scene of the crime. "She has been failed by the police and violently attacked by a criminal with no accountability."
Seems to conveniently leave out the part where she supposedly tried to steal items from the shop, as well as the part where slapped the shopkeeper first.
Also think it's weird that they are emphasizing "a black woman". Presumably the shopkeeper would have done the exact same thing no matter the race of the person trying to take items without paying. Plus, it's also telling that this group didn't explicitly pull out the race card because the shopkeeper wasn't white.
(This is not intended to be political in any way, just wanting a sanity check because the protest seems so bizarre and pointless)
Thoughts, fellow GAFers?
Man interviewed by police after video of confrontation at Peckham shop went viral
Crowds gathered outside the shop after officers were called to reports a young black woman was trying to steal items but was prevented from leaving. She was arrested on suspicion of assault and later bailed.
"Crowds have gathered outside Peckham Hair and Cosmetics in Rye Lane after officers were called to reports a young black woman was trying to steal items but was prevented from leaving. She was arrested on suspicion of assault and later bailed."
Here's some more footage which seems to show the entire incident (albeit a bit spliced up, and with an annoying robot voiceover)
Looking at all the information available, here is what seems to have happened:
- Woman goes into the shop to ask for a refund (not sure what the original product was, why she wanted a refund)
- Shop refused the refund request (again, not clear why)
- Woman gets annoyed, starts taking things off the shelf
- Shop staff (unclear who the actual owner is) stands at the entrance and stops her from leaving
- She tries to force her way past him, shop staff pushes her back
- She slaps him in the face with her hand
- Shop staff pushes her more forcefully back inside the store
- Woman hits him over the head with the basket (seems fairly forceful, unclear how sturdy the basket is but I'm sure it's not pleasant)
- Her changes from pushing her to grabbing her by the neck and swinging her around
- Goes back to holding her by the arms about a second later
- Woman starts heeling him in the shins/stamping on his foot (unclear based on the video)
Video cuts out.
edit: some more related events via Twitter:
This one shows the woman attacking the dude with something (maybe a long comb or something, unclear) presumably after the initial altercation since there's already stuff all over the floor
another angle of her attacking him and also hitting stuff off the shelf
Here's some people in the shop (the shutters are down so not sure why they're inside) fighting with others (the Indian-looking dudes might be shop staff or friends/family not sure). Note that the little girl in the corner (pink hoodie) seems to be filming one of the taller girls/women (not sure about age) and then she seems to try to grab the phone off the smaller girl (presumably to stop her filming) at which point the dude intervenes and she starts fighting with him.
Some randomer on Twitter calling her stealing "personal compensation"
Fast-forward to 1:09, says there's no refund policy on the items the person wanted a refund for. The receipt being shown clearly states that (presumably she had a similar receipt). Looks like she wanted a refund on hair extensions or something.
Personally I'd side with the shopkeeper after seeing her be the one to instigate the violence.
From the perspective of a group coming out in support of the woman:
"Sistah Space, a charity which supports women of African and Caribbean heritage, criticised the police for arresting the woman. They told Sky News: "What we all saw in that video was traumatic. People do not understand how triggering this is to watch, much less to experience. "This black woman was attacked and there is no excuse for it, to add insult to injury she was arrested and the perpetrator was left alone at the scene of the crime. "She has been failed by the police and violently attacked by a criminal with no accountability."
Seems to conveniently leave out the part where she supposedly tried to steal items from the shop, as well as the part where slapped the shopkeeper first.
Also think it's weird that they are emphasizing "a black woman". Presumably the shopkeeper would have done the exact same thing no matter the race of the person trying to take items without paying. Plus, it's also telling that this group didn't explicitly pull out the race card because the shopkeeper wasn't white.
(This is not intended to be political in any way, just wanting a sanity check because the protest seems so bizarre and pointless)
Thoughts, fellow GAFers?
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