Eric DeKeyzer, a white man from the U.S. state of Georgia, was arrested by police in Johns Creek earlier this month after he hurled racial slurs at Terrence Stover, black school teacher, during an accident.
Stover, who managed to capture the moments after he drove to the Mall, shared a snippet of the altercation on April 11 on Facebook. The incident occurred April 6.
“Shut the f**K up,” DeKeyzer said the teacher before explaining that he called the Stover n***ER, because he “knew it would be f**king rise from [him] because [he] behaves like one.”
“F**K you, n***ER”, he added.
In the Facebook post accompanying the video, the Stover is to be noted that before the Parking lot confrontation, DeKeyzer repeatedly and aggressively tailgated him.
“I was driving in the area Jones Creek on my way to the meeting. About halfway, I noticed that the man’s aggressive driving in traffic,” Stover wrote. “He slid him in my car and started riding my bumper. Then he passed me on the driver side and pushed me away. He threw the object in his window in my direction and shouting obscenities at me.”
“I shook my head in disbelief and continued on his way. Then, I looked in my rear view and again, only to see the same guy who lost the headland and begin to ride the bumper once again,” Stover continued.
Recognizing that driving DeKeyzer was not the best option, Stover explained in the post that it was best for him at the Park near the shopping center “to ensure his safety.”
“Looking at what happened next, I realized that if I did not practice tolerance, I teach my students, I might have ended up being the theme of the tragic news,” he said. “It would be a story with racial overtones, because I’m a big black guy, over six feet tall and over 350 pounds, and the aggressive driver was a middle-aged white man”.
Speaking on a local television station WSB Atlanta, Stover stressed that he did nothing to provoke the behavior DeKeyzer.
“I teach my kids not to fight if you protect yourself,” said Stover of the station. “I just pray that people think before they do.”
Police officer of Georgia Johns Creek, later arrived on the scene and DeKeyzer was arrested for disorderly conduct after witnesses saw the altercation and called the police. DeKeyzer, which is held at the ALPHARETTA jail, was released from custody, WSB Atlanta reported.
Sourse: sputniknews.com
