- Chronic: Beaten and arrested in Walmart by not knowing English.
- Yoel Rodríguez went shopping and it ended in a nightmare.
- Never waited that one out so innocent, take him to the jail.
Yoel Rodriguez was shopping at Walmart with his wife, as we all do from time to time. And as almost everyone, myself included, the English is poorly.
No matter how many times you have tried it, it was very difficult, not interested in too much and don’t have time to get to learn.
Anyway, all in the community speak Spanish.
So what was leaving. He knows some words, but, since then, little walking talking or understanding what people say.
And so, quietly and in Spanish, it was to buy it in Jacksonvillle Walmart, in Florida. For more precision, I will tell you that he spent the Sunday night in the Walmart within River City Market Place.
Bought all the smiths and stood in line to pay.
But the wife reminded him to Yoel who had forgotten something. So, while she waited his turn, Rodriguez ventured between racks of the supermarket in a hurry to search for that product.
Do not you ever happened? To me, hundreds.
And then, when I was in that, employees of Walmart will cut off the step and said something.
That he did not understand, of course, because I have already told you that English, anything.
Rodriguez looked with a face of “I don’t understand” and I wanted to go to look for your product. I was waiting for his wife in the row, it was a moment!
And employees who do not. That was not happening and he no understand.
Were already irritating, if they have not been put to tell you what I know I do, I would have gone and returned.
And as being unable to agree, the employees called a type.
The guy also said something, but Rodríguez was still not understanding, tell him who tell him.
And then, the man got angry and grabbed Rodriguez by the arm with force.
“¡¡Hey!!, what are you doing, man? Let go of me!”, shouted the hispanic increasingly upset and bewildered.
The guy continued shouting at something.
“Don’t touch me!!”, shouted Rodriguez.
And instead of another parrafada in English, he received a punch to the face that left him stunned.
And after that, in addition, he felt how the type what esposaba.
“What the hell? I just want to pay and go home! Is that a crime? Who is this tipoooooo?”
Of course, so he lived Yoel Rodríguez.
Now you translate “to English” what happened.
The Walmart employees told in the first link, I couldn’t buy more things because they were closed. As the hispanic not they had a case, they sought the help of an officer who was not in service for help with the stubborn.
Rodriguez never knew that he was in front of an authority, so, when I grabbed his arm, he did what anyone would do, deny the alleged attack and resist.
It was all a misunderstanding idioms, brother.
And yes, Rodriguez went to jail. He was arrested.
Jacksonville police issued a statement that says: “it Is very clear that the defendant in this case not only hit the arm of the officer, but walked away and actively resisted the officer. We are grateful that the officer has been able to overcome the resistance, and avoid serious injury to the defendant, injury to yourself or injury to innocent people.”
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