Video Shows White South Africans Choking Black Teens Sparking Outrage On Social Media
A video shows a group of white South African men verbally and physically going after a group of Black teens has gone viral. The video which was originally posted on Christmas day shows a few white men allegedly attempting to stop a couple of Black boys out of a pool at the Maselspoort Resort and Conference Centre’s pool located in Bloemfontein, South Africa Times Live reported.
The video starts showing the men telling one of the boys to leave the pool. Then the men are seen striking and pushing one boy. Another child jumps in the altercation to help and he himself is later grabbed by his neck, while a different man comes up and pulling the his hair.
Some of the witnesses attempted to stop the men, however, that just seemed to escalate the incident.
At the end of the video, a man is choking one of the boys and then jumping into the water with him.
One boy’s father described what happened according to SABC.
“As we were relaxing the boys came and told us that they are being prevented from using the pool by a group of white adult males. They said they were told by the men that the pool is only reserved for people who are booked here,” he said. “We went there with my sister to check on the kids and indeed when we arrived there, we engaged those white folks and they said ‘no, there was a miscommunication with the kids.’”
“They didn’t understand,” he added. “They thought that they were not residents at Maselspoort because the swimming pool can only be accessed by residents and the kids told them we are residents here. I also told them we are residents here and we have paid just as they have paid.”
According to the father the men assaulted the boys after they left.
Since the incident at least one family the Nakedi Family has open a common assault case. The father says he was disappointed that the men were not charged with attempted murder.
“One of the guys tried to drown the boy, that is attempted murder and it should have been registered as so but police told us they are only opening an assault case,” he said.
A police spokesperson has been the men have been ordered to appear in court.
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