Officer Who Stood by as Man Harassed Woman in Puerto Rico Shirt Resigns
The Cook County Forest Preserves officer who stood idly by as a belligerent man harassed a woman in a Puerto Rico flag T-shirt resigned late Wednesday.
Officer Patrick Connor drew widespread outrage after a viral video surfaced of Mia Irizarry being harassed and intimidated by a white man upset that she was wearing a T-shirt bearing a Puerto Rican flag. As the man aggressively follows Irizarry around a forest preserves site, asking her if she’s a U.S. citizen, Irizarry turns repeatedly to Connor for help.
“You should not be wearing that in the United States of America,” the man tells Irizzary, not believing her when she informs him Puerto Rico is, in fact, part of the United States.
On the video, not only does Connor hang back and do nothing, at one point, he turns his back to Irizarry as she asks him to intervene.
“Officer, I feel highly uncomfortable. Can you please grab him? Please, officer?” She asks as he walks away.
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