Shocking video out of California shows a good Samaritan taking down a transient who had just attacked a man walking his dog in downtown Los Angeles.
The transient is holding a piece of plywood with a metal nail in it. It turns out he had just used it in an unprovoked attack on an innocent man walking his dog.
He tries to use it again on the bystander but gets knocked down instead. He would then be chased and taken down by several other good Samaritans.
It happened Monday evening at 548 spring street in downtown LA. Nearby resident Claudia Oliveira is a friend of the man who was hit in the face by the weapon.
“His injuries were very, very graphic, very tough to look at and try to hold a conversation with him. Very large gap on his lip, where his lip was slightly hanging,” said Oliveira.
Corey Smith says he heard all the commotion outside and witnessed the good Samaritan going after the transient after the attack.
“One of my neighbors was bleeding and, I tried to figure out what was going on with the situation really quick and apparently a homeless dude had hit him in the face with a 2 by 4 with a nail in it,” said Smith.
He says he chased the transient down the street with several other men, eventually catching up to him.
“I told him ‘Hey you know you’re going to jail, this is a citizens arrest, don’t move, the cops are coming,'” said Smith. “And he turned around and said rahhh rah just kinda [expletive] get out of the way and turned and took off to take off and one of the gentlemen I was with tackled him.”
The transient went face first into the pavement, leaving him a bloody mess.
“Then I went into the police station to let the cops know, ‘Hey we just stopped a guy that assaulted somebody and he’s outside and needs medical attention,” said Smith.
LAPD later arrested the man, but Oliveira says this is just a classic example of LA’s homeless problem.
“Everything is out of control and it’s happening this way because the city went so long letting this slide,” Oliveira said. “I don’t feel safe.”
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