volunteer: "greg where's the sign that says there's a $2 minimum...i'm a volunteer..
BALD RED (BR "greg"): anything credit or debit..
ME: who made that up..
that's policy..store policy.
BR:do u want to be served or not..k sir do u want to be served or not?
ME: r u the owner?
BR: no, I'm not...i'm the owner, sole proprietor, operator, I'm security, I'll escort you out...so, get out of here...
ME: did I do something wrong? c'mon...
BR: you're being a smartass..
ME: i'm just asking why...get out...I talked to the owner yesterday , he didn't say that...
BR: [unintelligble...maybe i'll talk to him too ? "what's he going to do?"
ME: what's your name?
BR: greg. get out.
ME: ok greg you're on tape.
BR: get out. you're a smart ass
me: u want to... you're on videotape...u want to hit me, r u going to hit me?
BR: get out.no, why would I hit you ?
me: you're acting violent toward me.
BR: You're a lame. you're a lame. why would I hit you?
me: I'm a lame? why am I a lame?
BR: because you're a lame.
you're a punk.
me: what's that mean? I'm a punk.
BR: what u think you're going to provoke me? you're a f__k__g moron. yes you are.
me: wow! ok.greg thank you. i'll talk to noah...
BR: yes I have it on video too.
LATINO GUY(LG):.get out of here
me:u work here too?
LG: i'm from the hood, now get the F out...get out homie.
me: NO, you don't talk to me that way.
LG: get out.
ME: no.
LG: you don't want trouble. why are you talking to me that way. I didn't do anything wrong. who r U?
LG: u don't need to worry about who I am. u don't like me. No, I don't. u start s--t...; just get out.
me: what did I do wrong? no, not the way you talk to me like that. who is this guy?
LG: get out. [
BR: GET out of my establishment.
me: NOW its your establishment?
BR: yeah it is. I'm the one in charge of it right now.
me: r u the owner. [he starts walking around toward me again]
LG: I'M telling u bro.
me: u dont scare me man.
LG: the F what I do.
me: are you going to hit me? u going to hit me?
BR: Get the F--k out !
me: U just hit me, kicked me with ..i'll wait for the police.
BR: Get the F out of our property dude. excuse me, get out. Get out of my face.
me: u just hit me. [RIGHT THERE HE HIT MY HAND HOLDING THE PHONE] i'll wait for the police
BR: wait for the police, get the F---k outta here. guess who's side they are going to be on u f--k--ng moron.
me: I don't care. i'll wait for the police.
BR: I asked u to leave. get the F--k outta here.
me: i can stand here
BR: you're disrupting my business. this is private property u idiot.get the F--k off it.
me: i'll wait for the police.
BR: You're on private property. get off
me: i'll wait for the police.
BR: I'll take it as a personal threat.
me: ok.
LG: [i think he called me a bastard and a piece of sh-t...more unintelligble
me: what did I do man? I have a credit card
BR: come inside [he says to Latino]. leave this f--k--g out here.do NOT come in this f--k--g door, dude,
me: you're on video man. [he slams open the door hitting me again]
BR: stay away from my business
me: you're anger is going to get you in a lot of trouble. I didn't do anything wrong.
BR: u didn't do anything wrong? ur a smarta-- f--k--g b--tch...
me: I just asked to use my credit card, and asked why..and
BR: that's not what u said...don't lie u f--k--g idiot. i told u there's a $2 minimum, [unintelligible & facial contortions] you're a f--k--g b--tch.
me: you hate me because...
[ AT THIS POINT the LATINO GUY GRABS MY PHONE from MY HAND]. He will not give it back. He starts walking around the corner of the store. BR puts his arms out to block me from following the latino who has my phone. I push my way thru his arm blockade, and follow the latino around the corner of the store. I keep saying, Give me back my phone. SUDDENLY HE LIFTS HIS ARM & SMASHES MY PHONE on the CONCRETE as HARD AS HE CAN. It shatters. I bend down to pick it up and feel the heat of the two of them near my back as if they are about to attack me. I turn and run with the phone back around to the front of the store and to the donut shop next to it. I ask the Asian ladies working there to call the police. They refuse to call the police. They tell me to use the payphone right outside the door. I pick up the payphone and call 911 and start telling the person to send police. As I am speaking I see a police car driving by but doesn't appear to be coming to the parking lot. I put the phone down and run to the street and wave the officer (Ruelas) down. Ruelas pulls into the parking lot and I tell him what happened.
[i will continue narrating this in the near future...but as of 10/12/15 the City of Orange police little to nothing about it. In every interaction with them (Officer Smith, Detective Maldonado, Detective Murphy) they have emphasized that I could be charged with trespassing, and that the store clerk has the legal right to verbally abuse me. They have downplayed the smashing of the phone, even slightly questioning whether it actually happened (despite having my broken phone as "evidence" in their possession)
( "detective" maldonado tried to re-narrate by saying it was "tossed" in the bushes...but the cover was literally shred into pieces...it landed on the back (on the battery & back cover) not on the front so it didn't shatter the glass but it sent small parts flying..the phone was totally destroyed ...even the extended life battery was swollen up with parts distended ...surprisingly the battery still works but with a replacement phone the cover won't fit because the battery is too swollen).
Most importantly, they are only seeking the Latino guy for "questioning"...not even an arrest warrant (for vandalism)...meaning, in essence, they are not going to put an ounce of effort into finding him. They are trying to sweep it under the rug.
And they're not going to do anything to the clerk for assisting the latino in stealing and destroying my phone. As best as I can tell, the clerk suddenly became concerned about me having video of his temper tantrum and told the Latino guy to come with him back outside the store where I was waiting for the police, and they planned together to get the phone and destroy it with the intent of destroying the video.
The only problem (for them) is that even though they destroyed the phone, they didn't destroy the sd card that contains the video (and all other externally-stored data).
The only problem for me is that the City of Orange police don't seem to care about doing anything, let alone defending me. I believe it is "college boy' discrimination. Even cops do this. Although I am a 48-year-old man, it is more convenient for the cops to keep me in my place by giving me the "college boy" treatment (ie thinks he's smart, has a sense of entitlement, we'll show him who's boss, etc ).
