Mia Irizarry, who posted incident on Facebook Live, feared for her safety and demands officer be ‘held accountable’
A woman who was harangued by a man for wearing a Puerto Rico flag shirt has said she feared for her safety and is unhappy a nearby police officer who ignored her pleas for help was able to resign without facing punishment.
Mia Irizarry captured the incident, which occurred on 14 June at Caldwell Woods forest preserve in Chicago, on Facebook Live video. The video shows a man, later identified as 62-year-old Timothy Trybus, repeatedly approaching Irizarry. He tells her “You should not be wearing that in the United States of America” and “You’re not going to change us, you know that”.
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