{"id":1950161,"date":"2023-06-17T20:01:05","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T00:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/public-transit-security-guard-removed-from-duty-after-video-showed-savage-act-toward-sleeping-man\/"},"modified":"2023-06-17T20:03:39","modified_gmt":"2023-06-18T00:03:39","slug":"public-transit-security-guard-removed-from-duty-after-video-showed-savage-act-toward-sleeping-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/public-transit-security-guard-removed-from-duty-after-video-showed-savage-act-toward-sleeping-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Public transit security guard fired for mistreating sleeping man in shocking video."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpublic-transit-security-guard-removed-from-duty-after-video-showed-savage-act-toward-sleeping-man%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1950161&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Public Transit Security Guard Removed from Duty After Video Showed Savage Act Toward Sleeping Man<\/h2>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/st-louis-woman-beats-sheriffs-deputy-with-her-own-baton-after-she-is-told-to-put-on-a-mask\/\" title=\"St. Louis Woman Beats Sheriff\u2019s Deputy with Her Own Baton After She is Told to Put on a Mask\">security guard<\/a> for the St. Louis light rail system repeatedly punched in the head a man lying facedown on a busy platform, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/public-transit-security-guard-removed-from-duty-after-video-showed-savage-act-toward-sleeping-man\/\" title=\"Public transit security guard fired for mistreating sleeping man in shocking video.\">nearby commuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-calls-for-healing-reconciliation\/\" title=\"President Trump calls for healing, reconciliation\">recorded video<\/a><\/a> and shouted for him to stop.<\/p>\n<p>The guard, who worked for a subcontractor, has since been \u201cremoved from duty,\u201d said Kevin Scott, general manager of security at Bi-State Development, which operates Metro Transit, in a written statement Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMetro Transit does not condone unprofessional and extreme actions regardless of circumstances,\u201d he said, adding that the agency is assisting police with their investigation.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Obtained by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/news\/local\/crime-and-courts\/metrolink-security-officer-punches-stomps-man-after-incident-on-train-in-st-louis\/article_573bac56-0cb9-11ee-bdc3-b3f9a55138d8.html#tracking-source=home-top-story\">St. Louis Post-Dispatch<\/a>, bystander video from Friday shows the guard in a black and yellow uniform standing with one foot on either side of the man, who is lying on his stomach trying weakly to shield his head with his hands.<\/p>\n<p>The guard bends down and hits the man in the head three times with a closed fist.<\/p>\n<p>Both the officer and the man who was punched are black.<\/p>\n<p>One person can be heard saying, \u201cHe\u2019s not hurting you right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another person yells, \u201cStop, stop man!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The officer shouts at the man, \u201cI asked you for your hands behind your back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was not moving. He was not resisting,\u201d said Michael Hamtil, a daily MetroLink rider who is an assistant multimedia director at the Post-Dispatch. He witnessed the episode and recorded video.<\/p>\n<p>In another video obtained by the media outlet, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/security-guard-fatally-shot-transgender-thief-learns-fate-da-reveals-shocking-decision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">guard<\/a> who punched the man can be heard yelling at bystanders that the man \u201cput his hands on a woman.\u201d He shouts, \u201cThat\u2019s your momma, your sister, anything!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That second video also shows the guard push away a concerned female guard as the man lies cuffed on the ground, another guard tending to him. Liquid that appeared to contain blood was pooled around the man\u2019s head.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/paramedics-charged-first-degree-murder-patient-dies-hospital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paramedics<\/a> responded, but the status of the beaten man was not immediately known.<\/p>\n<p>Train rider Tim Orange, who also shot video, said he was \u201cdisturbed completely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses told the Post-Dispatch that the episode began at around 7 p.m. when two men were passed out on the train and vomiting. Security guards walked onto the train when it arrived at the MetroLink station north of Forest Park, a popular 1,300-acre area that houses the city\u2019s zoo, a science center and museums.<\/p>\n<p>But one of the men suddenly got up, screaming, rushed off the train and ran headfirst into the side of another MetroLink train, Hamtil said.<\/p>\n<p>The man fell again, and Orange said the man got up and tried to put his arms around a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-immigrant-identified-by-authorities-as-suspected-burglar-of-katie-hobbs-campaign-office-debunking-attempted-blame-on-kari-lake\/\" title=\"Illegal Immigrant Identified By Authorities As Suspected Burglar Of Katie Hobbs\u2019 Campaign Office, Debunking Attempted Blame On Kari Lake\">female security guard<\/a> in a bear hug fashion. She tried to push him away, and other security guards began trying to apprehend the man. That\u2019s when the man was punched, witnesses said.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses said the guard also stomped the man, but that isn\u2019t visible on the videos.<\/p>\n<p>As the video ended, the man slowly begins to get up. Hamtil said other officers took the guard\u2019s phone and badge and told him to leave the station or he was going to be arrested.<\/p>\n<p>The second man was not seen in the witness videos and it was not clear what happened to him.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic\">The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-st-louis-security-guard-punches-man-lying-light-rail-platform-video-shows\/\">Public Transit Security Guard Removed from Duty After Video Showed Savage Act Toward Sleeping Man<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The St. Louis light rail system witnessed a security guard assaulting a man on a crowded platform. Commuters recorded the incident as they pleaded for the guard to cease his violent actions. The guard, employed by a subcontractor, has been promptly relieved of his duties, according to Kevin Scott, the security general manager.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":1950162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[6363,4570,10751,3799,3646,5587,15859,26518,4440],"class_list":["post-1950161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily","tag-fired","tag-guard","tag-mistreating","tag-public","tag-security","tag-shocking","tag-sleeping","tag-transit","tag-video"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1950161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1950162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1950161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1950161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1950161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}