‘You don’t belong in this building’! Race baiting White man pulls GUN on Black students to stop them getting into their friend’s apartment block in Florida – The gunman identified as Don Crandall, was not a resident of the building
‘Find another elevator, you can’t get in this one,’ Don Crandall to Black A&M students ‘Why not? Do you own the building?’ – Students ‘Because you don’t belong in this building‘ – Crandall
Provocateur allegedly, attempts to goad students into a confrontation where he could use his sidearm against unarmed students
Adult White male pulled a gun on several Black students to waiting to be let into their friend’s apartment block in Florida
The confrontation occurred at thee Stadium Center student accommodation in Tallahassee on Saturday
The group of Florida A&M University students, even as they were harassed and refused entry to the block, saw through the ruse and refused to escalate to the point that could potentially turn tragic
One of the student Isaiah Butterfield filmed the incident and posted the footage online – In the clip he can be seen waving a gun around as he argued with the students
The Stadium Center accommodation later confirmed that the man, who was later identified as local hotel manager Don Crandall, was a resident of the block
In the clip he can be seen waving a gun around as he argued with the students
What a gun fight? This still from the video shows the man, later identified as Don Crandall, can be seen holding a gun in his right hand while blocking the student’s access to the elevator
A White male pulled a terrifying stunt on a group of Black students who were waiting for a friend to let them in to his college apartment block, in Tallahassee, Florida. The man later identified as Don Crandall, pulled a gun on the students and demanded they leave because they ‘did not belong in the building’.
Footage posted on Twitter shows the man confronting several Black Florida A&M University students trying to access the elevator at the Stadium Center student accommodation in Tallahassee last Saturday.
In the clip a group of students including Isaiah Butterfield, who filmed the incident, can be seen in a heated conversation with Crandall who at one point pulls out a gun.
Crandall had reportedly confronted the students as they waited outside the block for a friend to let them in to attend a party.
Find another elevator, you can’t get in this one,’ Crandall can be heard saying as he blocks their way into the building.
‘Why not? Do you own the building?’ the students asked.
‘Because you don’t belong in this building,’ he replied, before adding, ‘You ain’t got a key for the building, you don’t belong in the elevator.’
Footage of the incident was posted on Twitter by Butterfield and is being investigated by Tallahassee police.
‘We are sick of the discrimination,’ Butterfield wrote alongside the tweet.
‘Never thought I’d have a personal experience with racism like this, this man pulled a gun on us because we were walking up to my friend’s apartment w/o a key.’
The group of black students students, even as they were harassed and refused entry to the block, saw through the ruse and refused to escalate to the point that could potentially turn tragic
A spokesperson for the Stadium Center accommodation said gun-waving provocateur, Don Crandall [photo], did not live at the block, after he was identified
Butterfield later told ABC News he believed Crandall had been trying to ‘provoke’ the students in order to use his weapon: ‘Once we found out he had the gun, it turned into a whole different situation,’ Butterfield said.
‘We really think he was trying to provoke us to the point where it got violent so he could retaliate with the gun. I knew that if this dude even feels threatened, he’s going to find any excuse to pull the trigger.’
Twitter users later identified the man in the video as Don Crandall, the manager of a local hotel Baymont by Wyndham.
In a post on Instagram, the hotel confirmed his identity and said that he was no longer working there.
A spokesperson for Stadium Center also confirmed that Crandall did not live in the apartment block.
Cool customers: Florida A&M student Isaiah Butterfield filmed the confrontation and posted the video of the prolonged argument with Crandall as he refuses to let them in the elevator, on Twitter
The confrontation occurred as the students were waiting outside the Stadium Center accommodation [photo], in central Tallahassee on Sept 8
Was he fired before or after the incident?
The Baymont by Wyndham hotel confirmed their former manager Don Crandall was the man involved with the incident
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