🇺🇸 Two men brutally and unprovoked attacked a 77-year-old man walking in downtown Seattle, leaving him hospitalized with serious injuries.
As the victim walked, one suspect punched him in the face while the second shoved him to the ground from behind.
Surveillance footage shows the pair continuing to punch and mock the elderly man as he lay bleeding on the pavement, before casually walking away.
The victim spent over a week in the hospital with a broken knee, a broken arm, and a deep laceration on his forehead requiring stitches.
29-year-old Ahmed Abdullahi Osman was arrested shortly after and charged with second-degree assault. The second suspect remains at large.
Meanwhile, immigrant advocacy groups and left-wing activists in Seattle are intensifying pressure on Mayor Katie Wilson to shut down the city’s police surveillance camera network and halt all planned expansions.
They argue that footage from the Real Time Crime Center (RTCC) could be accessed by federal authorities, including ICE, for immigration enforcement.
The mayor has stated she will deactivate the entire camera network if federal immigration enforcement increases in the city. She recently paused further expansion of the system.