An unidentified woman captured with video cut ropes blocking the playground at San Francisco’s Dolores Park on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020.
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An unidentified woman made racist and xenophobic remarks to a San Francisco Parks and Recreation worker Sunday when she cut the ropes blocking the Dolores Park playground, which has been closed for weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Public awareness coordinator Andrés Patiño captured the incident on video and posted it on Facebook on Monday.
The Rangers responded to the verbal attack and escorted her to the perimeter of the park.An investigation is underway, Rec and Parks in a statement.
Patiño shared the video because he was seeking to raise awareness of the incident, which he said was for San Francisco.
“I looked to make one on Facebook,” Patiño said. I sought to hold her accountable and let her know that this is not the way in San Francisco.This behavior is not appropriate. I made the decision to publish it as a way to deal with the scenario and condemn this behavior.I don’t need someone to go through what I’ve been through.”
Patiño basically shared the video with his friends and his family circle and was surprised that he temporarily went viral with many posts on other social networks.
When Patino met the woman, he said he had declared COVID-19 a hoax.Patino said she considered herself a homeowner in San Francisco near the park and a former lawyer, SFGATE simply can’t verify it independently.
Patiño continued his paintings to inspire park visitors to respect the domain by collecting garbage, taking social distances and dressing in masks.
When the woman put on some yellow rubber gloves and started cutting the ropes at the end of the park, she approached her.
The video falsely recorded that blocking the park is unconstitutional.She called Patiño a “stupid sheep” and told him to “go back anywhere she came from.”
S.F.Rec and Park said in a video that the video was “particularly painful” because Patiño’s job is to make certain visitors feel safe and welcome.
“Hate just has no home in Dolores Park or San Francisco,” he said.”Our parks will have to be spaces where we are all equivalent and also welcome; places where we can invest in physical and intellectual fitness and respect the basic intuition of our neighbors to do the same.
Rec and Park also said in their symptoms indicating the mask requirement had also been removed from the bathrooms on the south side.
Patiño was born in Colombia and emigrated to the United States at the age of 9.He moved to San Francisco in 2015 and has been running in the park since 2015.people around the Bay Area in recent years with wild parties and loud music in the mix.Over the years, Patiño has noticed a behavior, however, he said Sunday’s incident was different.
“To be honest, when it first happened, the first thing that happened was the impact,” he said.”I thought, ‘Did I hear it right?’ I’ve noticed that videos of incidents like this go viral on social media, but not in San Francisco.I need to make other people aware that this is also happening in our city and even in our bubble, it can happen.”
Amy Graff is the editor-in-chief of SFGATE. Write to him: [email protected].