Video footage has emerged showing a horrific incident in which a man racially abused another man in broad daylight in Cheadle, Stockport, and threatened to kill him – while wielding umbrellas at him.
The man pursued the victim into a busy road and hurled abuse, while appearing to hit them with the two umbrellas, one in each hand.
The victim of the attack expressed outrage as he witnessed two men verbally abuse a homeless man.
He stated he was on his way back from Tesco Express on Wilmslow Road, Cheadle, with a friend when he noticed a man harassing a homeless person nearby.
‘The homeless man was just minding his own business – he’s a local homeless man who everyone knows,’ he explained.
‘In the video, the man with the stick began saying to him things like “why are you here?” and “why don’t you work?” in a nasty tone.’
The man can be seen pursuing the victim of the attack down a street in Cheadle, Stockport
The alleged attacker can be seen brandishing two umbrellas at the victim in an aggressive manner
After the homeless man told him he had served in Iraq, one of the men reportedly became ‘really aggressive,’ questioning him about which regiment he had been in and where he had been stationed.
A couple are said to have intervened in the incident around the same time the victim began filming – but once the couple realised he was filming them, the second man then targeted him too.
In the shocking footage, a man is seen jabbing at the cameraman with two umbrellas while pursuing him down the street.
A man can be seen raising a wooden walking stick over his head, which the victim of the attack said was in a threatening manner towards the homeless person.
But as the victim is filming the man’s friend targets him instead, forcing him off the pavement and into the street.
He shouts towards the camera using repeated racial slurs, becoming increasingly angry.
The victim tells the man not to touch him but the man can be seen hitting the victim with an umbrella in each hand, as the victim says: ‘You’re f****** hurting me.’
He calls the victim the P-word repeatedly, adding he is also a ‘b*****d’ and a ‘c***’.
The victim tells his attacker he is live on Facebook, to which the man replies: ‘Good. F*** off you [P-word] w*****.’
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The man is heard yelling racist slurs at the victim, including: ‘F*** off you [P-word] w*****’
The man’s friend, who is alleged to have verbally abused a homeless man, holds him back from taking the incident further
Two police officers were later seen arresting a man outside the same pub where the attack ended
Referring to the video, he said: ‘I’ll tell you what, I’ll make you a deal.
‘If you ever put that on Facebook, I’ll kill you.’
He then continues to jab the victim with umbrellas down the busy road, shouting: ‘You think you’re hard!’
The camera then switches to the ground as an altercation ensues.
Shortly after, the attacker’s friend grabs him and moves him away from the victim towards a pub.
According to a Greater Manchester Police (GMP) spokesperson, one man was later arrested for assault.
Although investigations are still ongoing, police confirmed that they were called to a ‘racially aggravated altercation’ and stated that ‘this type of behaviour will not be tolerated under any circumstances.’
Greater Manchester Police said the force received a report of a ‘racially aggravated incident’ and one man was later arrested
They said: ‘At around 8pm on Monday 25 July 2022, we received a report of an racially aggravated altercation on Wilmslow Road, Stockport.
‘Enquiries are still ongoing at the moment but this type of behaviour will not be tolerated in any circumstances and the matter is being dealt with.
‘The victim of this assault has been updated and will continue to be supported by officers.’
In a second video posted online by the victim, the police can be seen speaking to a man outside a pub in Stockport, where the incident ended.
The person filming the video is asked to move away by an officer, but he says: ‘I’ve had 40 years of racism. I’m not moving away.’
He then steps aside so police officers can take the man to their police van.
Viewers of the second video have rushed to the victim’s support. One wrote: ‘So satisfying to see. Watching the original video set my day right off.’
A second said: ‘The privilege is real’, while another added: ‘His behaviour was disgraceful.’