Manufactured hate crime.
Via Daily Mail:
A man who was filmed wearing an LAPD shirt and yelling ‘white power’ at a Black Lives Matter protest is not a police officer.
The video, which was shot outside a 24 Hour Fitness gym in Hollywood on Thursday morning, shows a seemingly Asian man yelling the discriminatory phrase and gesturing white power symbols to the camera.
Protesters off-camera are heard asking him for his badge number, but the man ignores them and continues to mock them.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the video was brought to the attention of police, who launched an investigation.
On Thursday evening, the LAPD posted its first tweet regarding the video writing: ‘We have become aware of an incident involving an individual making racially discriminating remarks in front of a gym in Hollywood this morning.
‘At this point it does NOT appear that the individual in the video is an LAPD Officer, but we will continue to investigate.’
On Friday, a tweet said that the LAPD had identified the individual video in the video, although information regarding his name and age were not released.
As first suggested by some, this individual is not, and has never been, an LAPD officer or employee,’ the tweet read.
‘The apparel worn by the individual, specifically the T-shirt with LAPD insignia, is not Department issued and is accessible to the public.’
Mayor Eric Garcetti’s office also condemned the actions of the man in the video.
‘The behavior in that video is deplorable, and it has absolutely no place in our city,’ press secretary Alex Comisar told the Times.
The rally was protesting the death of Albert Ramon Dorsey, who was shot and killed by LAPD in a locker room at the gym on October 29, 2018.
KTLA reported that Dorsey, 30, attacked two security guards in two separate events the day before the shooting.