The other day I stumbled upon this article http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-hot-dog-vendor-video-seizure-20170911-story.html and to summarize, this man took a video of a UC Berkeley officer taking a Latino hot dog vendor's hard earned cash while giving him a ticket. When I saw the video, it filled me with such fury. Why is this person targeting only the Latino trying to earn a living, and not the white people drinking alcohol nearby in a public, college setting? It distressed me because, okay sure, you can give him a ticket but to take his money from his wallet as well? That's like kicking someone when they're already down. And it broke my heart to see a fellow Latino being treated that way. In the video, you can see he's devastated when the cop took his money.
Luckily, the man who took the video put up a GoFundMe page for the hot dog vendor and so far, it's raised over 30, 000 dollars. The man who took the video was outraged at what was going on before him and he's Latino too so he had to help out la raza in any way he could. I really hope UC Berkeley looks into this and apologizes to the hot dog vendor. No one should be treated in such a way, be humiliated like that.
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