They beat up the "Chocolate"

Alert DateJune 13, 2012 Country: Poland Address: Olsztyn General Type: Racist violence, Hate crime Racism and discrimination phenomena: Afrophobia
Groups affected / Interested in: Africans/black people Key socio-economic/institutional areas: Daily life
Victims Data
Victims Nationality/Ethnic Origin N/A
Victims Gender Male
Victims Age N/A
Victims Number 1
Fatalities - deaths N/A
Perpetrators Data
Perpetrators Nationality/Ethnic Origin Polish
Perpetrator Gender Male
Perpetrator Age 18-25, 56-65
Perpetrators Number 2
Extremist/Organised Group Violence No

The Olsztyn police arrested two men, who on Wednesday 13 June 2012 assaulted a black resident of Olsztyn. The police admitted that the act was clearly racist in nature. They saw him coming and shouted that they will beat up the chocolate. And they did what they said and he took blows to the head. "If it was not for a random driver who stopped and took my husband to another street, I do not know how all this would end", – reported the victim’s wife to the media. The perpetrators were a 60-year-old father and his 25-year-old son. The injured man has been living in Poland for several years, and two years ago received a Polish citizenship. The assault, which is being investigated by the police and the prosecutor’s office, is the fourth racist incident involving this man in Olsztyn.

Source:

Polskalokalna.pl, 15 czerwca 2012, Rasiści z Olsztyna w rękach policji (Racists from Olsztyn caught by police), http://polskalokalna.pl/wiadomosci/warminsko-mazurskie/olsztyn/news/rasisci-z-olsztyna-w-rekach-policji,1810021,3331, Accessed on 26.11.2012